What is termed Sin is an essential element of progress. Without it the world would stagnate, or grow old, or become colourless.

I didn't have a life until I went up onstage.

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life. We are not sent into the world to air our moral prejudices. I never take any notice of what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do. If a personality fascinates me, whatever mode of expression that personality selects is absolutely delightful to me.

What fire does not destroy, it hardens

I usually say what I really think. A great mistake nowadays. It makes one so liable to be misunderstood.

A writer is someone who has taught his mind to misbehave.

Modern pictures are, no doubt, delightful to look at. At least, some of them are. But they are quite impossible to live with; they are too clever, too assertive, too intellectual. Their meaning is too obvious, and their method too clearly defined. One