Tell the truth once and for all and shut up forever.

Truth is used to vitalize a statement rather than devitalize it. Truth implies more than a simple statement of fact. "I don't have any whiskey," may be a fact but it is not a truth.

The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself.

How far would people get in physics if discovery was described as disgusting - "Your formula is disgusting and filthy"? Not very far.

It is to be remembered that the origin of all the arts-music, painting and writing-is magical and evocative; and that magic is always used to obtain some definite result.

I'm creating an imaginary — it's always imaginary — world in which I would like to live.

All political movements are basically anti-creative - since a political movement is a form of war. "There's no place for impractical dreamers around here," that's what they always say. "Your writing activities will be directed, kindly stop horsing around." "As for the smoking of marijuana, it is the exploitation for the workers." Both favor alcohol and are against pot.