Everything one does in life, even love, occurs in an express train racing toward death. To smoke opium is to get out of the train while it is still moving. It is to concern oneself with something other than life or death.

Lack of manners is the sign of a hero.

If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.

I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love

The hot hall full of painted girls and American soldiers is a saloon in some Western film. This noise drenches us, wakens us to do something else. It shows us a lost path.

True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing.

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