Every true writer is like a bird; he repeats the same song, the same theme, all his life. For me, this theme as always been revolt.

And we all know love is a glass which makes even a monster appear fascinating.

The ratio of literacy to illiteracy is constant, but nowadays the illiterates can read and write.

The less one notices happiness, the greater it is.

It is what we are forced to do that forms our character, not what we do of our own free will.

Dictatorships are one-way streets. Democracy boasts two-way traffic.

When you aren't sincere you need to pretend, and by pretending you end up believing yourself; that's the basic principle of every faith.

I do not foresee a time when I shall feel that I have nothing to say.

I like to compare my method with that of painters centuries ago, proceeding from layer to layer.

War has become an affair of machines...and soldiers are little more than clever mechanics.

The novel as we knew it in the nineteenth century was killed off by Proust and Joyce.

Smartass Disciple: But, you said that it's the truth??Master of Stupidity: O Yes. That is yesterday's truth.

All his life, Klaus had believed that if you read enough books, you could solve any problem, but now he wasn't so sure.

You ought to endure and complete your own race of life.

Suffering is the fire by which love is tested.

When you hate someone it means you like it.

You can forgive a fool because he only runs in one direction and doesn't deceive anybody. It's the deceivers who make you feel bad.

I never found out until I went into treatment that I was bipolar.

Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy.

Men die the way they lived.

I never got into The Jetsons too much.