Sigmund Freud — "The insane are not without reason, but they are without a certain kind of reason…"

"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 great question that has never been answered, and which I myself have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is 'What does a woman want?'"

"The interpretation of dreams is the via regia to the unconscious."

"Man has a primary need to avoid pain."

"The only person with whom you have to compare yourself is you in the past."