Do you know that every great thing in the history of art and every beautiful thing in life is actually what you call nasty or has been caused by feelings that you would call nasty? By passion, by love, by hatred, by truth. Do you know that?

...all cynicism masks a failure to cope.

Forgetting’s not something you do, it happens to you. Only it didn’t happen to me.

There are only two races on this planet - the intelligent and the stupid.

When you draw something it lives and when you photograph it it dies

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical.

I don't think the English like me. I sold a colossal best seller in America, and they never really forgave me.