What I really wanted was every kind of life$$$ and the writer's life seemed the most inclusive.

The dumbing down of the country reflects itself on Broadway. The shows get dumber$$$ and the public gets used to them.

Freedom or prison--what's the difference? A man must develop unwavering will power subject only to his reason.

A great writer is$$$ so to speak$$$ a second government in his country. And for that reason no regime has ever loved great writers$$$ only minor ones.

My emotional life: dialectic between craving for privacy and need to submerge myself in a passionate relationship to another.

If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap$$$ whence every one must take an equal portion$$$ most people would be contented to take their own and depart.

Through your rags I see your vanity.

Be of good cheer about death$$$ and know this of a truth$$$ that no evil can happen to a good man$$$ either in life or after death.

Children nowadays are tyrants. They contradict their parents$$$ gobble their food$$$ and tyrannise their teachers.

My friend...care for your psyche...know thyself$$$ for once we know ourselves$$$ we may learn how to care for ourselves.