In my view, the novelist has no right to express his opinions on the things of this world. In creating, he must imitate God: do his job and then shut up.

Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.

Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.

I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.

It seems to me that I have always existed and that I possess memories that date back to the Pharaohs.

Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant.

Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.

A man is a critic when he cannot be an artist, in the same way that a man becomes an informer when he cannot be a soldier.

I tried to discover, in the rumor of forests and waves, words that other men could not hear, and I pricked up my ears to listen to the revelation of their harmony.

There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

Concealed talent brings no reputation.

Be niggards of advice on no pretense; For the worst avarice is that of sense.

You are always wanting miracles; but God sows miracles by handfuls under your feet, and yet you still have people who deny their existence.

A great many men - some comparatively small men now - if put in the right position, would be Luthers and Columbuses.

I'm all about nightlife. I live during the night.

Being clear of clutter is one of the greatest aids I know to discovering and manifesting the life you want.

Intimidation doesn't last very long.

I don't know if we'll ever get used to the attention from the fans.

If there is some art involved, Id like it to be that it came through the cracks of daily work.

I really want to try to become a great actress when I get older and continue to do what I'm doing now.