"The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind."
"Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul."
"Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species."
"Only a mediocre person is always at his best."
"The highest activities of consciousness have their origins in physical occurrences of the brain just as the loveliest melodies are not too sublime to be expressed by notes."
"The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you."