"I have found little that is 'good' about human beings on the whole. In my experience most of them are trash, no matter whether they publicly subscribe to this or that ethical doctrine or to none at al…"

"The creative writer is a valuable ally of the analyst."

"The ego is that part of the id which has been modified by the direct influence of the external world."

"The creative writer does the same as the child at play; he creates a world of fantasy which he takes very seriously—that is, he invests it with a great deal of affect—though he separates it sharply fr…"

"The fully developed, healthy person operates according to the reality principle."