Reality is as thin as paper and betrays with all its cracks its imitative character.

One thing must be avoided at all costs: narrow-mindedness, pedantry, dull pettiness.

Lifelessness is only a disguise behind which hide unknown forms of life.

My ideal goal is to "mature" into childhood. That would be genuine maturity.

Now the windows, blinded by the glare of the empty square, had fallen asleep. The balconies declared their emptiness to heaven; the open doorways smelt of coolness and wine.

Under the imaginary table that separates me from my readers, don’t we secretly clasp each other’s hands?

And one's wandering proved as sterile and pointless as the excitement produced by a close study of pornographic albums.

The days hardened with cold and boredom like last year's loaves of bread. One began to cut them with blunt knives without appetite, with a lazy indifference.

Reality is as thin as paper, and betrays with all its cracks its imitative character.

They were villages forgotten in the depth of time, peopled by creatures chained forever to their tiny destinies.

Age doesn't mean Maturity but Senescence

All my gowns have trains on them. I make a train that goes on forever. I love long trains and then I stand there and twirl around and wrap myself up in it.

When stars collide, like you and I, no shadow blocks the sun" - The One

That indescribable expression peculiar to people who hope they have not been asleep, but know they have.

Music is the one thing that has been consistently there for me. It hasn’t let me down.

You have the greatest chance of winning when your first commitment is to a total and enthusiastic involvement in the game itself. Enthusiasm is what matters most.

Man is more than constitutions.

There are always many sides to the truth.

There's nothing like New Orleans. When it comes back, it will be a tremendous highlight for America.

The biggest trap, the biggest dungeon in life isn't laziness or bad luck, it's comfort.