Beware of the man who denounces psychiatrists; / he is afraid.

Harriet van Horne He makes love to me expertly, mechanically, coldly... He's pressing all my buttons, as if I were a pocket calculator.

All people believe their suffering is greater than others.

The most important thing for a writer is to be locked in a study.

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

Each artist or writer who works in Venice comes to believe that the city yields its most special secret to him or her alone.

Men have always detested women's gossip because they suspect the truth: their measurements are being taken and compared.