I do not think you want too much sincerity in society. It would be like an iron girder in a house of cards.

It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it.

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.

A good story is obviously a difficult thing to invent, but its difficulty is a poor reason for despising it.

You cannot write well or much (and I venture the opinion that you cannot write well unless you write much) unless you form a habit.

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger.

No woman is worth more than a fiver unless you're in love with her. Then she's worth all she costs you.