Life, the raw material, is only lived in potentia until the artist deploys it in his work.

To write a poem is like trying to catch a lizard without its tail falling off.

The cocktail party - as the name itself indicates - was originally invented by dogs. They are simply bottom-sniffings raised to the rank of formal ceremonies.

The realisation of one's own death is the point at which one becomes adult.

I had become, with the approach of night, once more aware of loneliness and time - those two companions without whom no journey can yield us anything.

Everything really desirable has come about because of, or in spite of, wine!

There is no pain compared to that of loving a woman who makes her body accessible to one and yet who is incapable of delivering her true self -- because she does not know where to find it.