Watching a woman make Russian pancakes, you might think that she was calling on the spirits or extracting from the batter the philosopher's stone.

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.

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

To harbor spiteful feelings against ordinary people for not being heroes is possible only for narrow-minded or embittered man.

It's immoral to steal, but you can take things.

Oh, dreams! In one night, lying with one's eyes shut, one may sometimes live through more than ten years of happiness.

The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.