He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.

Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.

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

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

Let the things that happen on the stage be just as complex and yet just as simple as they are in life. For instance, people are having a meal, just having a meal, but at the same time their happiness is being created, or their lives are being smashed up.

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

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.