"I beg you most humbly to go on loving me just a little and to make do with these poor congratulations until I get some new drawers made for my small and narrow brainbox in which I can keep the brains …"

"I hate to be idle."

"I write as a pig shits."

"I have a terrible memory for names, but I can remember every note of a piece of music after hearing it once."

"I have always been a lover of fun."