When I speak of The Case for Equality I mean human equality; and that, of course, can only mean one thing: it means equality of income.

Start with the belief that your life can indeed be changed, and that you have the power to change it.

Everybody who does not live in a prostitute's bed and on a diet of cocaine snow is called an ascetic nowadays.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

You don't expect me to know what to say about a play when I don't know who the author is, do you? . . . If it's by a good author, it's a good play, naturally. That stands to reason.

A man of genius is not a man who sees more than other men do. On the contrary, it is very often found that he is absentminded andobserves much less than other people.... Why is it that the public have such an exaggerated respect for him--after he is dead? The reason is that the man of genius understands the importance of the few things he sees.

People always get tired of one another. I grow tired of myself whenever I am left alone for ten minutes, and I am certain that I am fonder of myself than anyone can be of another person.