A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

Many share my views with me. But I don't share them with them.

Chastity always takes its toll. In some it produces pimples; in others, sex laws.

A journalist is stimulated by a deadline. He writes worse when he has time

In the theater one must sit in such a way that one sees the audience as a dark mass. Then it cannot bother one more than it does an actor. Nothing is more disturbing than being able to distinguish individuals in the crowd.

The discovery of the North Pole is one of those realities which could not be avoided. It is the wages which human perseverance pays itself when it thinks that something is taking too long. The world needed a discoverer of the North Pole, and in all areas of social activity, merit was less important here than opportunity.

A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.