Adolescence is not only an important period in life, but that it is the only period where one may speak of life in the full sense of the word.

I think that if I am notorious, it is because other people have decided that this is how I should be.

People are suspicious of single men on vacation, after they get to a certain age: they assume that they're selfish, and probably a bit pervy. I can't say they're wrong.

To increase desires to an unbearable level whilst making the fulfillment of them more and more inaccessible: this was the single principle upon which Western society was based.

The love of a dog is a pure thing. He gives you a trust which is total. You must not betray it.

Tenderness is a deeper instinct than seduction, which is why it is so hard to give up hope.

Life is painful and disappointing. It is useless, therefore, to write new realistic novels. We generally know where we stand in relation to reality and don’t care to know any more.