One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.
Romantic literature is in effect imaginative lying.
The world is a stage and the play is badly cast.
I have nothing to declare except my genius.
I don't want to earn my living, I want to live.
The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork.
The tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self denial.
Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.
The curves of your lips rewrite history.
To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.
Para la mayoría de nosotros la verdadera vida es la vida que no llevamos.
We are continually shaped by the forces of coincidence.
I like the sound a typewriter makes.
Anti-Catholicism is the anti-Semitism of the intellectual.
I don't believe in blaming inanimate objects for anything.
Writers let themselves be enticed by the language.
The most perfect technique is that which is not noticed at all.
The heart of the melody can never be put down on paper.
Writing has never been that simple for me.
I am a fan of Botox.
I stop working at about 3 p.m. on Fridays.
