The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand
This book changed my life. I can’t say it’s my favorite anymore, but I am including something for the sake of it.
I came here to say I do not recognize anyones right to one minute of my life. Nor to any part of my energy. Nor to any achievement of mine. No matter who makes the claim, how large their number or how great their need. The world is perishing from an orgy of self sacrificing. I wished to come here to say that the integrity of a man’s creative work is of greater importance than any charitable en devour.