People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.

My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying.

Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don't have a passport.

I don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses.

You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.

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.

Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.