To succeed you must add water to your wine, until there is no more wine.

There is nothing like literature: I lose a cow, I write about her death, and my writing pays me enough to buy another cow.

Clarity is the politeness of the man of letters.

There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire.

Style means the right word. The rest matters little.

Wrinkles are engraved smiles.

Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.