Sheer egoism... Writers share this characteristic with scientists, artists, politicians, lawyers, soldiers, successful businessmen - in short, with the whole top crust of humanity.
The pest of society is egotists.
An egotist always resents meeting another egotist as if he alone had the right to be one.
Only you could love such a vile, selfish peacock, Evie.
Arrogance repels the Lord; humility attracts the Lord.
All is vanity and everybody's vain. Women are terribly vain. So are men - more so, if possible.
I'm a cheesy over-the-top megalomaniac with a deep voice and the most amazing pecs.
Conceited men often seem a harmless kind of men, who, by an overweening self-respect, relieve others from the duty of respecting them at all.
