As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use.

One mustn't look at the abyss, because there is at the bottom an inexpressible charm which attracts us.

I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the hair shirt which scratches his belly.

You must write for yourself, above all. That is your only hope of creating something beautiful.

I have come to have the firm conviction that vanity is the basis of everything, and finally that what one calls conscience is only inner vanity.

The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism; it is like the fleas who rush to jump on white linens.