The notion that work is a burden is a terrible mistake. Working and facing up to one's responsibilities: That's happiness.

I don't feel the slightest interest in the next world; I think it's here. And I think anything good that you're going to do, you should do for other people here and not so you can try to have a happy time in the next world.

People have grown fond of me, like some old building.

I welcome death. In death there are no interviews!

I don't believe in marriage. It's bloody impractical. 'To love, honor, and obey.' If it weren't, you wouldn't have to sign a contract.

To be loved is very demoralizing

Time is the stuff of which life is made.