I read and I read; and I was like a medieval king, I had fallen in love with the picture long before I saw the reality.

Art is a statement of one in the face of all; not a statement by one for the use of all.

The human race is unimportant. It is the self that must not be betrayed.' 'I suppose one could say that Hitler didn't betray his self.' He turned. 'You are right. He did not. But millions of Germans did betray their selves. That was the tragedy.'

The pronoun is one of the most terrifying masks man has invented.

There are some men who are consoled by the idea that there are women less attractive than their wives; and others who are haunted by the knowledge that there are more attractive.

Liking other people is an illusion we have to cherish in ourselves if we are to live in society.

If anything might hurt her, silence would; and I wanted to hurt her.