Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.

I want to undress you, vulgarize you a bit.

One can be absolutely truthful and sincere even though admittedly the most outrageous liar. Fiction and invention are of the very fabric of life.

It was here in Big Sur that I first learned to say 'amen.'

An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.

When spring comes to Paris the humblest mortal alive must feel that he dwells in paradise.

When you know what men are capable of you marvel neither at their sublimity nor their baseness. There are no limits in either direction apparently.