Lying is the most simple form of self-defence.

Silence remains, inescapably, a form of speech.

What is the most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine.

Most people in this society who aren't actively mad are, at best, reformed or potential lunatics.

The life of the creative man is lead, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom is one of our most important purposes.

The past itself, as historical change continues to accelerate, has become the most surreal of subjects - making it possible... to see a new beauty in what is vanishing.