Do not take up cause against the inaccuracies printed about you. They are your protection.
It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort.
The artist is a kind of prison from which the works of art escape.
One sits down first; one thinks afterwards.
The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.