I have never been particularly impressed by the self centered musings of my fellow writers.

To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds.

I'm not for real revolutions, because they always bring you the opposite of what you want. You very seldom get what you want if you have a violent revolution.

It is of no consequence to you what others think of you. What matters is what you think of them. That is how you live your life.

These are two opposing forces, and whenever I am in active politics, I stop writing. And when I'm writing, I don't politick.

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.

In Southern Europe, we have, of course, very bad governments.