It is as acceptable now to love the wives of others as it is to smoke their cigars and read their books.

It is time for writers to admit that nothing in this world makes sense. Only fools and charlatans think they know and understand everything. The stupider they are, the wider they conceive their horizons to be. And if an artist decides to declare that he understands nothing of what he sees - this in itself constitutes a considerable clarity in the realm of thought, and a great step forward.

I promise to be a splendid husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, won't in my sky every day...

The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.

Everything on earth is beautiful, everything -- except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity.

The more refined one is, the more unhappy.

In displaying the psychology of your characters, minute particulars are essential. God save us from vague generalizations!