Freedom is not choosing; that is merely the move that we make when all is already lost. Freedom is knowing and understanding and respecting things quite other than ourselves.

Words are the most subtle symbols which we possess and our human fabric depends on them.

Art and psychoanalysis give shape and meaning to life and that is why we adore them, but life as it is lived has no shape and meaning.

... when caught unawares I usually tell the truth, and what's duller than that?

Actors are cave dwellers in a rich darkness which they love and hate.

... a less than perfect meddling in the spiritual world can breed monsters for other people.

Nothing is more maddening than being questioned by the object of one's interest about the object of hers, should that object not be you.