in Quotes & Aphorisms (Books)
When I read, it is not acted literature; but what I write is written acting.
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War: first, one hopes to win; then one expects the enemy to lose; then, one is satisfied that the enemy too is suffering; in the end, one is surprised that everyone has lost.
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What is my love? That I amalgamate the bad features of a woman into a good picture. And my hatred? That I see the bad features in the picture of a bad man.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Music)
What is the Ninth Symphony compared to a Tin Pan Alley hit played on a hurdy-gurdy and a memory?
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There is no more unfortunate creature under the sun than a fetishist who yearns for a woman's shoe and has to settle for the whole woman.
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I no longer have collaborators. I used to be envious of them. They repel those readers whom I want to lose myself.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Wisdom)
In one ear and out the other: this would still make the head a transit station. What I hear has to go out the same ear.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Wisdom)
Sound opinions are valueless. What matters is who holds them.
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If I return some people's greetings, I do so only to give them their greeting back.
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There is no doubt that a dog is loyal. But does that mean we should emulate him? After all, he is loyal to people, not to other dogs.
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