I don't know anything about politics. I wouldn't put too much into my prediction on politics.

It is the folly of weak-minded people, to imagine they are what flattery or conceit represents them; and that it is useless for them to be what they are not, since they seem already to have acquired the reputation of it.

I love writing - it's the best. But I really hate collaboration.

We are happy at the respect others pay our favorites, because we consider it a lively confirmation of our own choice, and as so much homage reflected on ourselves.

Liberty, like health, appears most precious when lost.

I've seen people in theaters, and it just doesn't work, because you're talking to the guy next to you the whole time.

A great cause of evil in the world is that men seldom think themselves criminal if they offer the same injustice to others that has been successfully practiced on themselves.