True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing.
An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.
It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live.
Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either.
It is difficult to live without opium after having known it because it is difficult, after knowing opium, to take earth seriously. And unless one is a saint, it is difficult to live without taking earth seriously.