When a new book appears one should read an old one.
Leave to the masters of art trained by a lifetime of devotion the wonderful process of picture-building and picture creation. Go out into the sunlight and be happy with what you see.
I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes.
[The Balkans] produce more history than they can consume.
I'm so bored with it all.
I feel like an aeroplane at the end of its flight, in the dusk, with the petrol running out, in search of a safe landing.