Hate is the consequence of fear; we fear something before we hate; a child who fears noises becomes the man who hates them.

In youth the life of reason is not in itself sufficient; afterwards the life of emotion, except for short periods, becomes unbearable.

In the sex war, thoughtlessness is the weapon of the male, vindictiveness of the female.

Longevity is the revenge of talent upon genius.

That sinister Stonehenge of economic man, Rockefeller Center.

Words today are like the shells and rope of seaweed which a child brings home glistening from the beach and which in an hour have lost their luster.

The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication.