Creativity Is Not A Substitute For Competence.

I Criticize Myself Ruthlessly, But Never Mention The Faults Of Which I Am Truly Ashamed.

Sentimentality Is The Respect The Cold-hearted Pay To Feeling.

Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen: Even Less, The Trouble I've Successfully Avoided.

The Noble Style Immobilizes Its Subjects.

My Mind No Longer Has Romantic Abysses, But Has Become Shallow, With Many Little Gaps And Cracks.