From what the moderns want, we must learn what poetry should become; from what the ancients did, what poetry must be.

Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.

Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind should be found in the philosopher.

Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy.

Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written against the ancients as yet; especially not against their poetry.

Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.

Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form.

Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means of sensual titillation.

The main thing is to know something and to say it.

When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called polemics.

A priest is he who lives solely in the realm of the invisible, for whom all that is visible has only the truth of an allegory.

A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.

You can't choose your childhood, it's just what happens to you. But after that you choose. And that's really what (makes you).

Forgiving is not forgetting. It is actually remembering - remembering and not using your right to hit back

I'm not in love, The love is within me!

Need I say more?''No, because you're wrong, and I'd hate for you to keep embarrassing yourself.

The opening and closing ceremonies of the London Olympics are mass satanic rituals disguised as a celebration of Britain and sport. Their medium is the language of symbolism.

What if Woody Allen called me and said, I'm working on this movie and there's a really divine role for you. We want exactly you! It would be such a fantasy. Forget it! My idol, Woody Allen!

I would like to think I am feminist in some sorts.

Virtue by calculation is the virtue of vice.

There is no better taste than this: someone else’s laughter in your mouth.