Capitalism justified itself and was adopted as an economic principle on the express ground that it provides selfish motives for doing good, and that human beings will do nothing except for selfish motives

Revelations: A curious record of the visions of a drug addict.

What a man is depends on his character; but what he does, and what we think of what he does, depends on his circumstances.

People must not be forced to adopt me as their favourite author, even for their own good.

When you read a biography remember that the truth is never fit for publication.

Music is the brandy of the damned.

I have to live for others and not for myself: that's middle-class morality.