Never believe straight off in a man's unhappiness. Ask him if he can still sleep. If the answer's "yes," all's well. That is enough.

I have never voted in my life... I have always known and understood that the idiots are in a majority so it's certain they will win.

Life must go on, even if it's no joke...just pretend to believe in the future.

You can lose your way groping among the shadows of the past.

In my room I'd barely closed my eyes when the blonde from the movie house came along and sang her whole song of sorrow just for me. I helped her put me to sleep, so to speak, and succeeded pretty well... I wasn't entirely alone... It's not possible to sleep alone.

In the kitchens of love, after all, vice is like the pepper in a good sauce; it brings out the flavor, it’s indispensable.

It is of men, and of them only, that one should always be frightened.