Now I am depressed myself,' I said. 'That's why I never think about these things. I never think and yet when I begin to talk I say the things I have found out in my mind without thinking.

Anyone can be a fisherman in May.

Before we take to the sea, we walk on land. . . Before we create, we must understand. . .

Writing is a hard business...but nothing makes you feel better.

I drink to make other people more interesting.

But you always fall for somebody else and then it's all right. Fall for them but don't let them ruin you.

If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.