A writer without interest or sympathy for the foibles of his fellow man is not conceivable as a writer.

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

The air of the New World seems favorable to the art of declamation.

It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.

I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to find yourself. Your own reality - for yourself, not for others - which no other man can ever know.

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.

We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness

If you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything .

There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.

To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.

Le hasard, c'est peut-être le pseudonyme de Dieu quand il ne veut pas signer.

Have you been called to greatness? There is a way to tell. Do you have a pulse?

Men tell us we are womanly when we love but once. Men! They have told us a lot of things to make life comfortable for themselves.

The Obama administration kind of shows how you can use diplomacy to bring the most important countries together and get the whole world on board.

Michelle Obama gives a speech, and everyone loves it. It's fantastic. They think she's absolutely great. My wife, Melania, gives the exact same speech... And people get on her case.

We must be wise taskmasters and not require of ourselves what we cannot possibly perform. Recreation we must have. Otherwise, the strings of our soul, wound up to an unnatural tension, will break.

I get a little nauseated, perhaps, when I hear the phrase 'freedom of the press' used as freely as it is, knowing that a large part of our proprietorial press is not free at all.

Every man is tasked to make his life, even in its details, worthy of the contemplation of his most elevated and critical hour.

Whatever your career may be, do not let yourselves become tainted by a deprecating and barren scepticism.

In order to stay where I am - and I want to do that - I have to stay dedicated as well as I have been before I became No. 1.