A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction. A Room of One's Own

They’re afraid because they have never accepted themselves. A community consisting exclusively of people afraid of the unknown in themselves! They all feel that the rules they live by are no longer valid, that they’re following outdated commandments; neither their religions nor their morality, nothing is suited to what we need. For a century and more, Europe has done nothing but study and build factories! They know exactly how many grams of powder it takes to kill someone, but they don’t know how to pray to God, they don’t even know how to be contented for an hour at a time. Demian

“Anyone who says that the artist's field is all answers and no questions has neither.” Uncle Vanya

You have a mind? —Yes. Well, why not use it? Book IV