We must declare ourselves, become known; allow the world to discover this subterranean life of ours which connects kings and farm boys, artists and clerks. Let them see that the important thing is not the object of love, but the emotion itself.

I’ve always said, ‘I have nothing to say, only to add.’ And it’s with each addition that the writing gets done. The first draft of anything is really just a track.

Do nothing that is not natural - and ritual is natural - and all will be for the best.

We must always remember that the police are recruited from the criminal classes.

What is a political party but a conspiracy?

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either.

In fact, life itself is a contradiction if only because birth is the direct cause, in every single case, of death