When I read, it is not acted literature; but what I write is written acting.

The real end of the world is the destruction of the spirit; the other kind depends on the insignificant attempt to see whether after such a destruction the world can go on.

Humanity and bestiality: when will the former finally be uttered with the flavor of hate and the latter with the flavor of love? Does a lion tear his fellow lion to pieces?

The streets of Vienna are paved with culture, the streets of other cities with asphalt.

The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span.

Penalties serve to deter those who are not inclined to commit any crimes.

The heroes of obtrusiveness, people with whom no soldier would lie down in the trenches, though he has to submit to being interviewed by them, break into recently abandoned royal castles so that they can report, "We got there first!" It would be far less shameful to be paid for committing atrocities than for fabricating them.