Love is mainly an affair of short spasms. If these spasms disappoint us, love dies. It is very seldom that it weathers the experience and becomes friendship.

Living is a horizontal fall.

People seek escape in myth by any means at their disposal, including drugs, alcohol, meditation, and lies.

Do not fear being ridiculous in relation to the ridiculous.

Whatever the public blames you for, cultivate it; it is yourself.

Do not take up cause against the inaccuracies printed about you. They are your protection.

Without resistance you can do nothing