I don't like novels that end happily. They depress me so much
The true artist is known by what he annexes, and he annexes everything.
One should always be a little improbable.
I hate vulgar realism in literature. The man who would call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one.
Cultivated leisure is the aim of man.
As a wicked man I am a complete failure. Why, there are lots of people who say I have never really done anything wrong in the whole course of my life. Of course they only say it behind my back.