You don’t make art out of good intentions. - Gustave Flaubert

"An author in his book must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere."

"Of all lies, art is the least untrue."

"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."

"God is only a word dreamed up to explain the world"

"There are two infinities that confuse me: the one in my soul devours me; the one around me will crush me"