One usually dislikes a play while writing it, but afterward it grows on one. Let others judge and make decisions.

There are still many more days of failure ahead, whole seasons of failure, things will go terribly wrong, you will have huge disappointments , but you have to prepare for that, you have to expect it and be resolute and follow your own path.

Death is terrifying, but it would be even more terrifying to find out that you are going to live forever and never die.

The time has come for writers, especially those who are artists, to admit that in this world one cannot make anything out, just as Socrates once admitted it, just as Voltaire admitted it.

Ah, Caviar! I keep on eating it, but can never get my fill. Like olives. It's a lucky thing it's not salty.

Only one who loves can remember so well.

The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others.