I am irritated by my own writing. I am like a violinist whose ear is true, but whose fingers refuse to reproduce precisely the sound he hears within.

A friend who dies, it's something of you who dies.

A good sentence in prose should be like a good line in poetry, unchangeable, as rhythmic, as sonorous.

One day, I shall explode like an artillery shell and all my bits will be found on the writing table.

By trying to understand everything, everything makes me dream

It seems to me... that I have always lived! I possess memories that go back to the Pharoahs. I see myself very clearly at different ages of history, practicing different professions... My present personality is the result of my lost [past] personalities.

DOCTOR. Always preceded by 'The good'. Among men, in familiar conversation, 'Oh! balls, doctor!' Is a wizard when he enjoys your confidence, a jack-ass when you're no longer on terms. All are materialists: 'you can't probe for faith with a scalpel.'