Even a bad man is better than a good book.

All humor is based on hostility - that's why World War Two was funny.

Once you've opened yourself up, it's best to go all the way.

Never underestimate the stimulation of eccentricity.

Once you start compromising your thoughts, you're a candidate for mediocrity.

If you can go through life without experiencing pain you probably haven't been born yet.

If no one ever took risks, Michaelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor.

Hunger can explain many acts. It can be said that all vile acts are done to satisfy hunger.

Talent I say is what an actor needs. And talent is faith in oneself, one's own powers.

Our salvation is in work, but let us also take delight in that work.

You must write for children the same way you write for adults, only better.

All human beings have gray little souls-and they all want to rouge them up.

With his own money a person can live as he likes-a ruble that's your own is dearer than a brother.

Every new time will give its law.

You will not drown the truth in seas of blood

The more a human creature has tasted of bitter things the more it hungers after the sweet things of life.

An honest man is all right even if he's an idiot...but a crook must have brains.

Writers build castles in the air, the reader lives inside, and the publisher inns the rent.

You can't do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know.