Make some sacrifice for your art and you will be repaid, but ask of art to sacrifice herself for you and a bitter disappointment may come to you.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others.

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.

Prayer must never be answered: if it is, it ceases to be prayer and becomes correspondence.

If it is not nailed to the floor, it's mine. If I can pry it loose, it is not nailed down.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.