"I have a great contempt for public opinion, and I always have."

"I hate things all fiction… there should always be some foundation of fact for the most airy fabric and pure invention is but the talent of a liar."

"I am a very complex man, and I am full of contradictions."

"A man must serve his time to every trade. Save censure - critics are ready-made."

"I'll publish right or wrong: Fools are my theme, let satire be my song."