Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort.

Tact consists in knowing how far to go too far

Take a commonplace, clean it and polish it, light it so that it produces the same effect of youth and freshness and originality and spontaneity as it did originally, and you have done a poet's job. The rest is literature.

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?

There is always a period when a man with a beard shaves it off. This period does not last. He returns headlong to his beard.

Being tactful in audacity is knowing how far one can go to far.