Just as the performance of the vilest and most wicked deeds requires spirit and talent, so even the greatest demand a certain insensitivity which under other circumstances we would call stupidity.

There exists a species of transcendental ventriloquism by means of which men can be made to believe that something said on earth comes from Heaven.

Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams.

If we make a couple of discoveries here and there we need not believe things will go on like this for ever.... Just as we hit water when we dig in the earth, s…

Jimmy Porter: They spend their time mostly looking forward to the past.

If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.

My advice is precisely the advice my mother gave me. If you believe you have talent, the next thing you must have is determination. If you keep working, keep s…