Perfection bores me, in art, in music; most of all, in people. Luckily, perfection is rare.

serious difficulties don't vanish by themselves, they are standing around your bed when you open the eyes the next morning.

There are shortcuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them.

A woman who is loved always has success.

Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.

Worries are the most stubborn habits in the world. Even after a poor man has won a huge lottery prize, he will still for months wake up in the night with a start, worrying about food and rent.

Curious, how each one of us secretly carries his private cemetery around with him and watches it filling up with ever new graves. The last one to be our own.