Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.

The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order has stood every test.

In a well-run mental household there ought to be a thorough cleaning at the threshold of consciousness a few times a year.

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.

The world has become uglier since it began to look into a mirror every day; so let us settle for the mirror image and do without an inspection of the original.

A bibliophile has approximately the same relationship to literature as a philatelist to geography.

Moral responsibility is what is lacking in a man when he demands it of a woman.