Artists have a right to be modest and a duty to be vain.

Sorrento, August. For two weeks now I haven't heard a German word or understood an Italian one. This way one can manage to live with people; everything goes like clockwork and no irksome misunderstanding can arise.

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.

If you wish to form a clear judgment on your friends, consult your dreams.

When I want to go to sleep, I must first get a whole menagerie of voices to shut up. You wouldn't believe what a racket they make in my room.

Humanity and bestiality: when will the former finally be uttered with the flavor of hate and the latter with the flavor of love? Does a lion tear his fellow lion to pieces?

Sexuality poorly repressed unsettles some families; well repressed, it unsettles the whole world.