But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.
The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.
If you have a success you have it for the wrong reasons. If you become popular it is always because of the worst aspects of your work.
That terrible mood of depression of whether it's any good or not is what is known as The Artist's Reward.
The good parts of a book may be only something a writer is lucky enough to overhear or it may be the wreck of his whole damn life and one is as good as the other.
