Anybody, providing he knows how to be amusing, has the right to talk about himself.

Modernity is the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, which make up one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immutable. This transitory fugitive element, which is constantly changing, must not be despised or neglected.

Life has but one true charm: the charm of the game. But what if we’re indifferent to whether we win or lose?

What can an eternity of damnation matter to someone who has felt, if only for a second, the infinity of delight?

Nations, like families, have great men only in spite of themselves.

For each letter received from a creditor, write fifty lines on an extraterrestrial subject and you will be saved.

I am the vampire at my own veins.