I have decided many a stylistic problem first by my head, then by heads or tails.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

Language is the only chimera whose illusory power is endless, the inexhaustibility which keeps life from being impoverished. Let men learn to serve language.

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

In case of doubt, decide in favor of what is correct.

News reports stand up as people, and people wither into editorials. Clichés walk around on two legs while men are having theirs shot off.

To have no ideas and being able to express them is the essence of journalism.