Like a saint's vision of beatitude. Like the veil of things as they seem drawn back by an unseen hand. For a second you see—and seeing the secret, are the secret. For a second there is meaning! Then the hand lets the veil fall and you are alone, lost in the fog again, and you stumble on toward nowhere, for no good reason!

Life is perhaps best regarded as a bad dream between two awakenings.

We are such things as rubbish is made of, so let's drink up and forget it.

I am so far from being a pessimist...on the contrary, in spite of my scars, I am tickled to death at life.

God gave us mouths that close and ears that don't... that should tell us something.

Take some wood and canvas and nails and things. Build yourself a theater, a stage, light it, learn about it. When you've done that you will probably know how to write a play.

Why am I afraid to dance, I who love music and rhythm and grace and song and laughter? Why am I afraid to live, I who love life and the beauty of flesh and the living colors of the earth and sky and sea? Why am I afraid to love, I who love love?