I never thought of myself as being in the avant-garde. I said what I had to say, as I was able to say it.

Tragedies are all right for a while: you are concerned, you are curious, you feel good. And then it gets repetitive, it doesn't advance, it grows dreadfully boring: it is so very boring, even for me.

She was trying to get rid of a religious hangover.

What would Prince Charming have for occupation if he had not to awaken the Sleeping beauty?

The curse which lies upon marriage is that too often the individuals are joined in their weakness rather than in their strength - each asking from the other instead of finding pleasure in giving.

If you try consciously to be avant-garde, it's a little dangerous, like the present state of modern painting, where dealers try to be avant-garde, and under this pretext, painters take some old scraps and call it avant-garde.

Self-knowledge is no guarantee of happiness, but it is on the side of happiness and can supply the courage to fight for it.