Those art lovers who pride themselves mostly on *taste* usually possess no other talent.

If the end does not justify the means - what can?

Anywhere, anytime, I'd sacrifice the finest nuance for a laugh, the most elegant trope for a smile.

The missionaries go forth to Christianize the savages - as if the savages weren't dangerous enough already.

I hate intellectual discussion. When I hear the words 'phenomenology' or 'structuralism', I reach for my buck knife.

Indolence and melancholy: Each generates the other. If one can speak of such feeble passions as generating anything.

There has never been a day in my life when I was not in love.