Intelligence is so damn rare and the people who have it often have such a bad time with it that they get bitter or propagandistic and then it's not much use.

Though there is one part of writing that is solid and you do it no harm by talking about it, the other is fragile, and if you talk about it, the structure cracks and you have nothing.

Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.

You belong to me and all Paris belongs to me and I belong to this notebook and this pencil.

Here is the piece. If you can't say fornicate can you say copulate or if not that can you say co-habit? If not that would have to say consummate I suppose. Use your own good taste and judgment.

To be a successful father... there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years.

Once writing has become your major vice and greatest pleasure only death can stop it. Financial security then is a great help as it keeps you from worrying.