Do as the beautiful woman: see to your figure and your petticoats. Though, of course, I am not speaking literally.

If a poet has a dream, it is not of becoming famous, but of being believed.

A man's truest self realizations might require him, above all, to learn to close his eyes: to let himself be taken unawares, to follow his dark angel, to risk his illegal instincts.

The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.

Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail.

We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?

Understand that some of your enemies are amongst your best friends.