He must have been an incredibly good shot.

I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise.

Exercise is the most awful illusion. The secret is a lot of aspirin and marrons glaces.

I write at high speed because boredom is bad for my health.

People are wrong when they say opera is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is what's wrong with it.

To take a gloomy view of life is not part of my philosophy; to laugh at the idiocies of my fellow creatures is. However, at this particular moment I cannot find so much to laugh at as I would like.

My importance to the world is relatively small. On the other hand, my importance to myself is tremendous. I am all I have to work with, to play with, to suffer and to enjoy. It is not the eyes of others that I am wary of, but of my own. I do not intend to let myself down more than I can possibly help, and I find that the fewer illusions I have about myself or the world around me, the better company I am for myself.