Once a man gets a fixed idea, there's nothing to be done.

If I had listened to the critics I'd have died drunk in the gutter

When a person is born, he can embark on only one of three roads of life: if you go right, the wolves will eat you; if you go left, you’ll eat the wolves; if you go straight, you’ll eat yourself.

Only entropy comes easy.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

To dine, drink champagne, raise a racket and make speeches about the people's consciousness, the people's conscience, freedom andso forth while servants in tails are scurrying around your table, just like serfs, and out in the severe cold on the street await coachmen--this is the same as lying to the holy spirit.

The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.