“If you are going to break a Law of Art, make the crime interesting.”
Art“Cruelty is softened by fear, not pity.”
Fear“If you are going to break a Law of Art, make the crime interesting.”
Art“Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future.”
Future“Living alone makes it harder to find someone to blame.”
Alone“Bad faith likes discourse on friendship and loyalty.”
Faith“Human society sustains itself by transforming nature into garbage.”
Nature“Who would not give up wit for power and beauty?”
Beauty“After my spectacular failures, I could not be satisfied with an ordinary success.”
Success“Fantasy mirrors desire. Imagination reshapes it.”
Imagination“If you call failures experiments, you can put them in your resume and claim them as achievements.”
Wisdom“At sixty, I know little more about wisdom than I did at thirty, but I know a great deal more about folly.”
Wisdom“The wisdom of age: don't stop walking.”
Age“Irony regards every simple truth as a challenge.”
Truth“If success is a habit, it is a hard one to acquire.”
Success“Even cats grow lonely and anxious.”
Pet“The power of lying is much less than the power of what is not to be discussed.”
Power“Office politics are bloody-minded, but weak on content.”
Politics“Middle age went by while I was mourning for my lost youth.”
Age“Ultimately, blind faith is the only kind.”
Faith“Cruelty is softened by fear, not pity.”
Fear“Dancing and running shake up the chemistry of happiness.”
Happiness