“It's only worth staying in bed if you're young and in good company.”

“It's possible, and I stress possible, that such a moment may never come: you may not fall in love, you may not be able to or you may not wish to give your whole life to anyone, and, like me, you may turn forty-five one day and realize that you're no longer young and you have never found a choir of cupids with lyres or a bed of white roses leading to the altar. The only revenge left for you then will be to steal from life the pleasure of firm and passionate flesh - a pleasure that evaporates faster than good intentions and is the nearest thing to heaven you will find in this stinking world where everything decays, beginning with beauty and ending with memory.”

“Only three or four things are worth living for; the rest is shit.”

“My only company was the incessant clacking of the typewriter echoing in the darkened hall and the large clock on the wall exhausting the minutes left until dawn.”

“It's up to you how you waste your time and money. I'm staying here to read: life's too short.”

“It's difficult to find a good conversationalist.”

“When we stand in front of a coffin, we all see only what is good or what we want to see.”