Our memory is our coherence, our reason, our feeling, even our action. Without it, we are nothing.

I am an atheist, thanks be to God.

Thank God I'm an atheist.

I can only wait for the final amnesia, the one that can erase an entire life.

If the devil were to offer me a resurgence of what is commonly called virility, I'd decline. ''Just keep my liver and lungs in good working order,'' I'd reply, ''so I can go on drinking and smoking!''

Nothing would disgust me more, morally, than receiving an Oscar.

Mystery is the basic element of all works of art.