ever since I met you I have admired you more than any girl...I have ever met since...I met you.

Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement. Nothing spoils romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman. When one is in love one always begins by deceiving oneself, and one always ends by deceiving others. This is what the world calls a romance.

Be yourself, because others are already taken.

Even now I cannot help feeling that it is a mistake to think that the passion one feels in creation is ever really shown in the work one creates.

Women treat us [men] like humanity treats gods – they worship us and keep bothering us to do something.

I like Wagner's music better than anybody's. It is so loud that one can talk the whole time without other people hearing what one says.

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it needs to be.