Since obscenity is the truth of our passion today, it is the only stuff of art - or almost the only stuff.
The Christian fear of the pagan outlook has damaged the whole consciousness of man.
I hate the actor and audience business. An author should be in among the crowd, kicking their shins or cheering them on to some mischief or merriment.
Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and soul, for mental explanation or description.
The human consciousness is really homogeneous. There is no complete forgetting, even in death.
Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically.
Men and women should stay apart, till their hearts grow gentle towards one another again.
The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or...
The only justice is to follow the sincere intuition of the soul, angry or gentle. Anger is just, and pity is just, but judgement is never just.
I am in love - and, my God, it is the greatest thing that can happen to a man. I tell you, find a woman you can fall in love with. Do it. Let yourself fall in love. If you have not done so already, yo...
All vital truth contains the memory of all that for which it is not true.