Once a secret society establishes itself within an open society, there is no end to the hideous mistrust it must cause.

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence.

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.

All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears.

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.

The mind is its own enemy, that fights itself with the innumerable pliant and ineluctable arms of the octopus.

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind.

What strange phenomena we find in a great city, all we need do is stroll about with our eyes open. Life swarms with innocent monsters.

All that I am. All that I will be is defined by this moment.

Never regret anything that made you smile.

[Discipline i]t’s the ability to overcome the urge to grab the bright and shiny and interesting to finish what you’ve started.

Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways - women gambling and farming. My family chose the slowest one.

I am blood type O-positive, which I remember by staying 'optimistic positive.'

Competition is such a virtue, and everybody's so busy competing, they have no time for compassion.

Humans are not physically normal in the absence of hard physical effort.

When you ascend the hill of prosperity, may you not meet a friend.

If I hadn't had a childhood career, I probably would've signed a contract with the first person I came across.