And all over the world, the old literature, the popular literature, is the same. It consists of very dignified sorrow and very undignified fun. Its sad tales are of broken hearts; its happy tales are of broken heads.

Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men.

Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.

A great city is the place to escape the true drama of provincial life, and find solace in fantasy.

There are no new lies, no new heresies. Man is simply not that creative.

The man who kills a man kills a man. The man who kills himself kills all men. As far as he is concerned, he wipes out the world.

Mysticism keeps mankind sane. As long as you have mystery you have health; when you destroy mystery you create morbidity.