A paranoiac, like a poet, is born, not made.

Thank God, I am still an atheist.

The bar... is an exercise in solitude. Above all else, it must be quiet, dark, very comfortable-and, contrary to modern mores, no music of any kind, no matter how faint. In sum, there should be no more than a dozen tables, and a client that doesn't like to talk.

Mystery is the basic element of all works of art.

The decline of the aperitif may well be one of the most depressing phenomena of our time.

Salvador Dalí seduced many ladies, particularly American ladies, but these seductions usually consisted of stripping them naked in his apartment, frying a couple of eggs, putting them on the woman's shoulders and, without a word, showing them the door.

I'm still an atheist, thank God.