Salome had but seven veils; the artist has a thousand.

I took the other road, all right, but only because it was the easy road for me, the way I wanted to go. If I've encountered some unnecessary resistance that's because most of the traffic is going the other way.

It is the difference between men and women, not the sameness, that creates the tension and the delight.

There has never been an 'original' sin: each is quite banal.

The most striking thing about the rich is the gracious democracy of their manners -- and the crude vulgarity of their way of life.

Love implies anger. The man who is angered by nothing cares about nothing.

The artist's job? To be a miracle worker: make the blind see, the dull feel, the dead to live.