I was growing tired of all the fussing and prevaricating, of the stolen hours and the secret rendez-vous; of the small indignities and broad discomfort that are part and parcel of adultery.

There are shortcuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them.

Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.

Worries are the most stubborn habits in the world. Even after a poor man has won a huge lottery prize, he will still for months wake up in the night with a start, worrying about food and rent.

Marriage always demands the greatest understanding of the art of insincerity possible between two human beings.

Perfection bores me, in art, in music; most of all, in people. Luckily, perfection is rare.

Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.

Courage comes and goes. Hold on for the next supply.

A writer should always have some profession which brings him into close contact with the reality's of life.

men don't make different mistakes at different periods of their lives. They make the same mistake over and over again and they pay a bigger and bigger price for it.

cats will be clean in a pigsty while pigs will be dirty in a marble hall.

The train rolled right through dinner and over the sunset and around ten o'clock and into a nap and out the next day...

Il me semble que je serais toujours bien la ou je ne suis pas.It seems to me that I will always be happy in the place where I am not.

The term "racist" comes from the word "racialist": Someone that sees the world from a racial prism.

I wasn't shy, but I was really hyper. Nobody got my sense of humor. I was a black skater kid.

A girl's best friend is her mutter.

Behind every great man is a woman. Telling him he's not so hot.

I feel like R&B as a genre has become a caricature of itself.

Next to knowing how to dress well, fire is one of the most important bush skills there are, because it is one of the few means available to make up most great deficiencies.

It might be good to open our eyes and see.

Never affirm, always allude: allusions are made to test the spirit and probe the heart.