The only way you can truly get to know an author is through the trail of ink he leaves behind him; the person you think you see is only an empty character: truth is always hidden in fiction.
The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.
In every author let us distinguish the man from his works.
A story is a letter the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise.
A good author possesses not only his own intellect, but also that of his friends.
A creation of importance could be produced only when its author isolates himself.
A character is never the author who created him. It is quite likely, however, that an author may be all his characters simultaneously.