I'm the seagull. No, that's not it. I'm an actress. That's it.

All of life and human relations have become so incomprehensibly complex that, when you think about it, it becomes terrifying and your heart stands still.

There ought to be a man with a hammer behind the door of every happy man.

Your talent sets you apart: if you were a toad or a tarantula, even then, people would respect you, for to talent all things are forgiven.

If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.

I should like to meet a philosopher like Nietzsche somewhere in a train or a steamer, and to spend the whole night talking to him. I consider his philosophy won't last long, however. It's more showy than convincing.

My holy of holies is the human body.