“When I read Shakespeare I am struck with wonder that such trivial people should muse and thunder in such lovely language.”
“I thought I'd begin by reading a poem by Shakespeare, but then I thought, why should I? He never reads any of mine.”
“When we are struck at without a reason, we should strike back again very hard; I am sure we should - so hard as to teach the person who struck us never to do it again.”
“I fall in love. More figuratively speaking, I am walking along the road one day when out of nowhere I am struck by lightning.”
“I love you, Lucien, but I am a muse, you are an artist, I am not here to make you comfortable.”
“I love to lose myself in other men's minds. When I am not walking, I am reading.”