One must have a heart of stone to read the death of little Nell without laughing.

I am the prince of procrastination. It is my besetting sin. I never put off till tomorrow what I can possibly do – the day after

To define is to limit.

Praise makes me humble, but when I am abused, I know that I have touched the stars.

It is only when one has lost all things, that one knows that one possesses it

Would you like to know the great drama of my life? It is that I have put my genius into my life…I have put only my talent into my works.

Any fool can make history, but it takes a genius to write it.

The things people say of a man do not alter a man. He is what he is. Public opinion is of no value whatsoever. Even if people employ actual violence, they are not to be...

My mind may be in gutter, Abigail, but at least I’m looking at an angel!

Man is complete in himself. When they go into the world, the world will disagree with them. That is inevitable. The world hates Individualism. But that is not to trouble them. They are to be...

The ages live in history through their anachronisms.

To be really mediæval one should have no body. To be really modern one should have no soul. To be really Greek one should have no clothes.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

Olvidar un hecho, es modificar el pasado.

…hanging out does not make one an artist. A secondhand wardrobe does not make one an artist. Neither do a hair-trigger temper, melancholic nature, propensity for tears, hating your parents, nor even HIV – I...

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

Is a picture really worth a thousand words? What thousand words? A thousand words from a lunatic, or a thousand words from Nietzsche? Actually, Nietzsche was a lunatic, but you see my point. What about...