To be natural is such a very difficult pose to keep up.

The tragedy of growing old is not that one is old but that one is young.

Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force. There lies its immense value. For what it seeks is to disturb monotony of type, slavery of custom, tyranny of habit, and the reduction of man to the level of a machine. It seeks to show new perspectives and other choices. It is a way to help expand and liberate the consciousness; our experiences, understandings, imaginings, options and thereby our lives.

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.

Missionaries are going to reform the world whether it wants to or not.

Disobedience is man's original virtue.

The trouble with women is, that when they grow up, they turn into their mothers. The trouble with men is, that they don't.