The memory of man is as old as misfortune
Everything really desirable has come about because of, or in spite of, wine!
It’s only with great vulgarity that you can achieve real refinement, only out of bawdry that you can get tenderness.
No one can go on being a rebel too long without turning into an autocrat.
Love is like trench warfare - you cannot see the enemy, but you know he is there and that it is wiser to keep your head down.
It takes a lot of energy and a lot of neurosis to write a novel. If you were really sensible, you'd do something else.