"The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments."
"Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the ambitious do to educate themselves. No, read to live."
"One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness."
"You don’t make art out of good intentions."
"Writing is a dog’s life, but the only one worth living."
"One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness."