My method is simple: not to bother about poetry. It must come of its own accord. Merely whispering its name drives it away.

Victor Hugo was a madman who thought he was Victor Hugo

He who is affected by an insult is infected by it.

The preservation of friendship is seen as opportunism. You are required to be in one camp or the other. You are enjoined to cut your heartstrings if they extend across the barricade.

There is always a period when a man with a beard shaves it off. This period does not last. He returns headlong to his beard.

Never do what a specialist can do better. Discover your own specialty. Do not despair if your specialty appears to be more delicate, a lesser thing. Make up in finesse what you lose in force.

The artist must know how far to go too far.