The theatre is certainly a place for learning about the brevity of human glory: oh all those wonderful glittering absolutely vanished pantomime! Now I shall abjure magic and become a hermit : put myself in a situation where I can honestly say that I have nothing else to do but to learn to be good.

Music relates sound and time and so pictures the ultimate edges of human commmunications.

Of course reading and thinking are important but, my God, food is important too.

The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man.

It is difficult in life to be good, and difficult in art to portray goodness. Perhaps we don't know much about goodness.

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.

Possibly, more people kill themselves and others out of hurt vanity than out of envy, jealousy, malice or desire for revenge.