Fashion: by which what is really fantastic becomes for a moment the universal.

When I see a spade, I call it a spade. I'm glad to say I have never seen a spade. The man who would call a spade a spade should be compelled to use it. It's the only thing he's fit for.

A great poet, a really great poet, is the most unpoetical of all creatures. But inferior poets are absolutely fascinating.

The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. We all have clouds above us but some see their silver linings. We all face difficulties but some of us are grateful that they aren't worse.

Fashion: by which what is really fantastic becomes for a moment the universal.

I like hearing myself talk. It is one of my greatest pleasures. I often have long conversations all by myself. Sometimes I am so clever I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.