If one cannot get along without a mirror, even in shaving oneself, how can one reconstruct oneself or one's life, without seeing oneself in the "mirror" of literature?

If you cannot convince a Fascist, acquaint his head with the pavement.

Tell me anyway--Maybe I can find the truth by comparing the lies.

Our planet is being turned into a filthy and evil-smelling imperialist barrack.

Everyone has a right to be stupid, but Comrade MacDonald abuses the privilege.

Religions are illogical primitive ignorance. There is nothing as ridiculous and tragic as a religious government.

There are no absolute rules of conduct, either in peace or war. Everything depends on circumstances.

Communism needs democracy like the human body needs oxygen.

Life is beautiful. Let the future generations cleanse it of all evil, oppression, and violence, and enjoy it to the full.

Abusive language and swearing are a legacy of slavery, humiliation, and disrespect for human dignity, one’s own and that of other people.

Bureaucracy and social harmony are inversely proportional to each other.

Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disappear a lot.

Real success is not on the stage, but off the stage as a human being, and how you get along with your fellow man.

The Europeans who went to Africa came back with “modern' art. What is more African than a Picasso?

I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous.

A poor idea well written is more likely to be accepted than a good idea poorly written

You have to be kind of sensitive to be in rock and roll.

I like people who can make you laugh without using vulgarity, or bad words.

I think it should be evident by now, but I'm as lost as anyone.

Success, which is something so simple in the end, is made up of thousands of things, we never fully know what.

Many people go into the wilderness to experience it, and if they experience it in comfort, there's very little in a literary sense for them to write about.