I had never doubted my own abilities, but I was quite prepared to believe that "the world" would decline to recognize them. Postscript to the Outsider (1967)
You've got the temperament of a scholar, and you live on your own and write books. You don't have anything to do with civilization. You've been in London a few days and you can't wait to get back home. But how about the people who can't write books -- people there's no outlet for in this civilization? What about your new men who don't know what to do? The Glass Cage (1966)