In one dancing saloon I saw the only rational method of art criticism I have ever come across. Over the piano was printed a notice: 'Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.'

It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

The aim of the liar is simply to charm, to delight, to give pleasure. He is the very basis of civilized society.

Why can't these American women stay in their own country? They are always telling us that it is the paradise for women. It is. That is the reason why, like Eve, they are so excessively anxious to get out of it.

The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action.

I don't play accurately--any one can play accurately--but I play with wonderful expression. As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte. I keep science for Life.

One's only real life is the life one never leads.