Character — the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life — is the source from which self-respect springs.

“My only advantage as a reporter is that I am so physically small, so temperamen…”

“I know something about dread myself, and appreciate the elaborate systems with …”

“Another thing I need to do, when I'm near the end of the book, is sleep in the …”

“Was it only by dreaming or writing that I could find out what I thought?”