Only a lunatic would think that art is superior to nature.

If you want to do anything, do it now, without compromise or concession, because you have only one life.

Dreams are more real than reality itself, they're closer to the self.

With the beginning of life, comes the thirst for truth, whereas the ability to lie is gradually acquired in the process of trying to stay alive.

Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.

Young man, nature is not frightening, it's people who are frightening! You just need to get to know nature and it will become friendly. This creature known as man is of course highly intelligent, he's capable of manufacturing almost anything from rumours to test-tube babies and yet he destroys two to three species every day. This is the absurdity of man.

Men always look differently at women, even if it's not your intention it is wrongly interpreted as such.