...[I]f I don't get going soon, the whole impetus may die---and if that happens, well, I really shall consider a long, restful plunge into insanity. Sometimes the abyss yawns very attractively.

Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.

Stew's so comforting on a rainy day.

I like seeing people when they can't see me.

And no bathroom on earth will make up for marrying a bearded man you hate.

Perhaps watching someone you love suffer can teach you even more than suffering yourself can.

I am a restlessness inside a stillness inside a restlessness.

I only want to write. And there's no college for that except life.

Perhaps if I make myself write I shall find out what is wrong with me.

It is rather exciting to write by moonlight.

Truthfulness so often goes with ruthlessness.

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

There's no single artwork I even want to mention or that I can even really think about it to have any feeling, to be proud of it.

Diego (Maradona) has filled us with emotions. But between the cracks, without doubt, Messi is better than Maradona.

England has never enjoyed a genuine social revolution. Maybe that's what's wrong with that dear, tepid, vapid, insipid, stuffy, little country.

What is initiative? I'll tell you: It is doing the right thing without being told.

Greatness is not so much a certain size as a certain quality in your life.

I was enchanted by the escape into that meticulous world that seemed real yet not... well, it seemed not real, but very detailed and meticulous, bizarre.

I don't define myself as autistic first. I don't want to be a professional autistic. I think it's important to have a real job.

It's not when you realize that nothing can help you — religion, pride, anything — it's when you realize that you don't need any aid.