I am happy in my prison of passion.

But what world says that I'm wicked? It can only be the next world. This world and I are on excellent terms.

A writer is someone who has taught his mind to misbehave.

The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.

All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.

When good Americans die$$$ they go to Paris<br>"Where do bad Americans go?"<br>"They stay in America."

I drink to separate my body from my soul.

Every great man nowadays has his disciples$$$ and it is usually Judas who writes the biography.

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.