Language is something you inherit, it's never just you doing the talking, which helps when you're pretending.

Memory is like a dog that lies down where it pleases.

The world is a never-ending cross-reference.

She had nothing to do all day ... but did it with the greatest possible speed.

I find it unbearable to need a body in order to exist.

Through men ... you learn how the world is. Through women you learn what it is.

I have never cared much for people. Most of them are cowards, conformists, muddleheads, moneygrubbers, and they infect each other.

As far as he could see, the world was moving, in an orderly capitalist fashion, toward a logical, perhaps provisional, perhaps permanent, end.

Conversations consist for the most part of things one does not say.

Man is a sad mammal that combs its hair.

I am a hindrance to the world, and the world is a hindrance to me.

The books you have read and the knowledge and inspiration you have gained can never be taken away from you.

Only those who dare truly live.

Men in high heels? That's a prosthesis. But I sympathise. Women have these giant heels. They get taller and taller. The men need help. But a man in heels is ridiculous.

If things start happening, don't worry, don't stew, just go right along and you'll start happening too.

I'm not violent, I don't believe in killing people, but standing up for yourself, speaking out against injustice, is another form of vengeance.

People compare me to Angelina Jolie, and she's so serious and stoic. I'm the opposite.

The military is not a social experiment. The purpose of the military is kill people and break things.

I never want anything to be too predictable.

We prize books, and they prize them most who are themselves wise.

When your confidence goes up, your competence goes up the same time.