An idea's birth is legitimate if one has the feeling that one is catching oneself plagiarizing oneself.

One's need for loneliness is not satisfied if one sits at a table alone. There must be empty chairs as well.

The secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience so they believe they are clever as he.

Through my satire I make little people so big that afterwards they are worthy objects of my satire and no one can reproach me any longer.

The art of an actress is sublimated sexuality. But off the stage the fire must be able to reconvert the steam into body.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

Nowadays the thief cannot be distinguished from his victim. Neither has any valuable objects on him.