Try to be original in your play and as clever as possible; but don't be afraid to show yourself foolish; we must have freedom of thinking, and only he is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.

You only have to start a job of work to realize how few decent, honest folk there are about.

In short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because--I don't know why.

I was oppressed with a sense of vague discontent and dissatisfaction with my own life, which was passing so quickly and uninterestingly, and I kept thinking it would be a good thing if I could tear my heart out of my breast, that heart which had grown so weary of life.

We old bachelors smell like dogs, do we? So be it. But I must take issue with your claim that doctors who treat female illnesses are womanizers and cynics at heart. Gynecologists deal with savage prose the likes of which you have never dreamed of.

Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.

Nothing lulls and inebriates like money; when you have a lot, the world seems a better place than it actually is.