Every man thinks God is on his side. The rich and powerful know he is.

Life is very nice, but it lacks form. It's the aim of art to give it some.

To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows. It is easy to say no, even if saying no means death.

Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance.

Tragedy is restful: and the reason is that hope, that foul, deceitful thing, has no part in it.

God is on everyone's side... and in the last analysis, he is on the side with plenty of money and large armies.

A genius knows how to make himself easily understood without being obvious about it.