I can say with pride that I have spent days and nights not reading anything, and that with unflagging energy I use every moment toacquire gradually an encyclopedic lack of education.

My language is the common prostitute that I turn into a virgin.

Children play soldier. That makes sense. But why do soldiers play children?

Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots.

How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.

Most critics write critiques which are by the authors they write critiques about. That would not be so bad, but then most authorswrite works which are by the critics who write critiques about them.

Children today laugh at fathers who tell them about dragons. It is necessary to make fear a required subject; otherwise children will never learn it.