You can't be a crazy rebel in the face of death, it's not a fitting attitude.

The great advantage of a novel is you can put in whatever comes into your head - it has the same shape as the human brain.

Anything can happen in life, especially nothing.

The world outside had its own rules, and those rules were not human.

The Americans are completely stupid. The intellectual level in any single European country is higher than in America.

The absence of the will to live is, alas, not sufficient to make one want to die.

The love of a dog is a pure thing. He gives you a trust which is total. You must not betray it.

In order to pass the time I told him the story of the German who ate the other German whom he’d met on the internet.

It's a curious idea to reproduce when you don't even like life.

Tenderness is a deeper instinct than seduction, which is why it is so hard to give up hope.

The most stupid religion is Islam.

I can't see or feel the conflict between love and religion. To me, they're the same thing.

Love passes quickly, and passes like a street Arab, anxious to mark his way with mischief.

I seek the substantial in life.

But I think I'm on track to do something even bigger. I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.

I'm not good at going on the internet and trolling around and finding information.

Sonny Von Bulow, who said to her husband Claus on their honeymoon, Stop needling me. Never got a dinner!

I was never, ever interested in becoming a businessman or an entrepreneur. If I was a businessman, or saw myself as a businessman, I would have never gone into the airline business.

Don't make him anger please. I don't like it when he's anger.

I have no privacy. But I feel so alone.

This manifesto only refers to future marriages, and does not affect past conditions.