I have the handicap of being born with a special language to which I alone have the key.

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

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The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.

The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.

The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet.

The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet.

My kingdom is as wide as the universe and my wants have no limits. I...

My kingdom is as wide as the universe and my wants have no limits. I...

It seems to me that I have always existed and that I possess memories that...

It seems to me that I have always existed and that I possess memories that...

Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living.

Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living.

Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as...

Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as...

Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.

Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.

One never tires of what is well written, style is life! It is the very...

One never tires of what is well written, style is life! It is the very...

Here is true immorality: ignorance and stupidity; the devil is nothing but this. His name...

Here is true immorality: ignorance and stupidity; the devil is nothing but this. His name...

One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.

One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.

All one's inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact...

All one's inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact...

What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.

What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.

The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art and...

The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art and...

I will cover you with love when next I see you, with caresses, with ecstasy....

I will cover you with love when next I see you, with caresses, with ecstasy....

One mustn't look at the abyss, because there is at the bottom an inexpressible charm...

One mustn't look at the abyss, because there is at the bottom an inexpressible charm...

I love good sense above all, perhaps because I have none.

I love good sense above all, perhaps because I have none.

A superhuman will is needed in order to write, and I am only a man.

A superhuman will is needed in order to write, and I am only a man.

Style is as much under the words as in the words. It is as much...

Style is as much under the words as in the words. It is as much...

But the disparaging of those we love always alienates us from them to some extent....

But the disparaging of those we love always alienates us from them to some extent....

Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given...

Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given...