The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life only to realize one's own perfection, to make one's every dream a reality.

I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously, and I live in terror of not being misunderstood.

A man who takes himself too seriously will find that no one else takes him seriously.

I like Wagner's music better than anybody's. It is so loud that one can talk the whole time without other people hearing what one says.

The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who do the improbable.

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.

I have the kiss of Walt Whitman still on my lips