My holy of holies is the human body.

Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.

Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.

The bourgeoisie is very fond of so-called practical types and novels with happy endings, since they soothe it with the idea that one can both accumulate capital and preserve innocence, be a beast and at the same time be happy...

If in the first act you introduce a gun, by the third act you have to use it.

I don't like being successful; the subjects which sit in my head are annoyed and jealous of what has already been written.

When you're thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean that's faith; when you start to drink and finish only a glass or two that's science.