"I write with one hand, but I..." - Quote by Victor Hugo

“It is the essence of truth that it is never excessive.... We must not resort to the flame where only light is required.”

“The wind of revolutions is not tractable.”

“The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant.”

“Unfortunately many young writers are more concerned with fame than with their own work... It's much more important to write than to be written about.”

“Your intuition knows what to write, so get out of the way.”

“Do you know, Considering the market, there are more Poems produced than any other thing? No wonder poets sometimes have to seem So much more businesslike than businessmen. Their wares are so much harder to get rid of.”

“Work on with the intrepidity of a lion but at the same time with the tenderness of a flower.”

“All ages have said and repeated that one should strive to know one's self. This is a strange demand which no one up to now has measured up to and, strictly considered, no one should. With all their study and effort, people are directed to what is outside, to the world about them, and they are kept busy coming to know this and to master it to the extent that their purposes require. . . . How can you come to know yourself? Never by thinking, always by doing. Try to do your duty, and you'll know right away what you amount to. And what is your duty? Whatever the day calls for.”

“When you chop wood, splinters fly”