The only proper intoxication is conversation.

M. Zola is determined to show that, if he has not got genius, he can at least be dull.

An egg is always an adventure; the next one may be different.

Behind Joy and Laughter there may be a temperament, coarse, hard and callous. But behind Sorrow there is always Sorrow. Pain, unlike Pleasure, wears no mask.

The only people I would care to be with now are artists and people who have suffered: those who know what beauty is, and those who know what sorrow is: nobody else interests me.

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation.

Poor? What does that matter? When poverty creeps in at the door, love flies in through the window.