“Our life is a book that writes itself and whose principal themes sometimes escape us. We are like characters in a novel who do not always understand what the author wants of them.” WantWritingBookSometimesCharacterLife IsNovelOur LivesThemePrincipal Book:Diary, 1928-1957 Source: Diary, 1928-1957
“If people only knew what lies at the heart of my novels! What a tumult of desires these carefully written pages conceal! I sometimes have a loathing for the furious cravings that give me no peace except when I am working.” PeopleIfsGivingHeartSometimesLyingDesireNovelWrittenPagesGive MeCravingFuriousLoathingTumult Book:Diary, 1928-1957 Source: Diary, 1928-1957