But I'm not to be caught with such poor bait! I'm a big fish, I am.

When one loves somebody, everything is clear - where to go, what to do - it all takes care of itself and one doesn't have to ask anybody about anything.

When the life is monotonous , even grief is a welcome event.

What can you do by killing? Nothing. You kill one dog, the master buys another-that's all there is to it.

In the maxim of the past you cannot go anywhere.

What 'jazz' means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in cultural prejudice. The term 'jazz' has come to mean the abuse and exploitation of black musicians.

To speak the truth is the most difficult of all arts, for in its "pure" form, not connected with the interests of individuals, groups, classes, or nations, truth is almost completely unsuitable for use by the Philistine and is unacceptable to him.