A man is a critic when he cannot be an artist, in the same way that a man becomes an informer when he cannot be a soldier.

Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant.

There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it

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.

It’s hard to communicate anything exactly and that’s why perfect relationships between people are difficult to find.

All you have to do to make something interesting is to look at it long enough.

The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet.