“Sometimes, you have to manufacture your own history. Give fate a push, so to speak.”

“Sometimes - history needs a push.”

“There's nothing happy about having your fate decided for you! You have to grab your own happiness!”

“Don't give your opinions about Art and the Purpose of Life. They are of little interest and, anyway, you can't express them. Don't analyze yourself. Give the relevant facts and let your readers make their own judgments. Stick to your story. It is not the most important subject in history but it is one about which you are uniquely qualified to speak.”

“You have an interesting history. Now people can generally be classified in to two groups: the mediocre realists and the mediocre dreamers. You clearly belong to the letter. Your fate is and will always be the fate of dreamers.”

“You are the architect of your own destiny; you are the master of your own fate; you are behind the steering wheel of your life.”

“This misfortune you find is of your own manufacture.
Keep hold of what you have, it will harm no other,
for hatred comes home to the hand that chose it.”

“But History was against me. History is right, objectively speaking. I'm just a historical dead end. I hope at least that my fate will serve as an example to you all and to posterity.”

“Love cannot save you from your own fate.”

“Every path but your own is the path of fate. Keep on your own track, then.”