One must either take an interest in the human situation or else parade before the void.

The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions.

In our ideals we unwittingly reveal our vices.

I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan.

We give others praise which we ourselves don't believe, as long as they respond with praise we can believe.

Somebody told me I should put a pebble in my mouth to cure my stuttering. Well, I tried it, and during a scene I swallowed the pebble. That was the end of that.

Literature: proclaiming in front of everyone what one is careful to conceal from one's immediate circle