You'd be surprised how hard it can often be to translate an action into an idea.

Morality is a burglar's tool whose merit lies in never being left behind at the scene of the crime.

On the stage one must not confuse the nature of a personality with the naturalness of a person.

When I don't make any progress, it is because I have bumped into the wall of language. Then I draw back with a bloody head. And would like to go on.

I saw a poet chase a butterfly in a meadow. He put his net on a bench where a boy sat reading a book. It's a misfortune that it is usually the other way round.

How do wars start? Diplomats tell lies to journalists, then believe what they read.

A good stylist should have narcissistic enjoyment as he works. He must be able to objectivize his work to such an extent that he catches himself feeling envious and has to jog his memory to find that he is himself the creator. In short, he must display that highest degree of objectivity which the world calls vanity.