If you make a fool of yourself in front of a cat, he will sneer at you, if you are sober; he will leave the room if you are drunk. If you make a fool of yourself in front a dog, he will make a fool of himself, too.

We must not confuse distortion with innovation; distortion is useless change, art is beneficial change.

Anyone can negatively criticize - it is the cheapest of all comment because it requires not a modicum of the effort that suggestion requires.

When critics sit in judgment it is hard to tell where justice leaves off and vengeance begins.

The only time a wife listens to her husband is when he’s asleep.

Censorship, I believe, is the most dangerous enemy to all human communication, and piety of intention is probably the most dangerous, the most virulent and the most self-satisfying.

The road is better than the inn.