albinos aren't reproached for having pink eyes and whitish hair, why should they hold it again me for being a lesbian? It's a question of nature: my queerness isn't a vice, isn't 'deliberate,' and harms no one.

Our shadows are taller than ourselves.

To mis-quote is the very foundation of original style. The success of most writers is almost entirely due to continuous and courageous abuse of familiar misquotation.

I judge people's charm by the ease with which I express myself in their presence.

I am not a bibliophile but a humanophile: I look for rare human beings.

Novels are longer than life.

Hero worship has died with heroes, and if someone bows down today, it is to pick up something.