No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called Games.

It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ.

The desires of the heart are as crooked as corkscrews Not to be born is the best for man The second best is a formal order The dance's pattern, dance while you can. Dance, dance, for the figure is easy The tune is catching and will not stop Dance till the stars come down from the rafters Dance, dance, dance till you drop.

Now is the age of anxiety.

The slogan of Hell: Eat or be eaten. The slogan of Heaven: Eat and be eaten.

All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but must wait until what he believes to be a good idea for a work comes to him.

If there are any souls in hell, it is because that is where they insist on being.