“An artist is like a woman who can do nothing but love, and who succumbs to every stray male jackass.”

“Every woman should have four pets in her life. A mink in her closet, a jaguar in her garage, a tiger in her bed, and a jackass who pays for everything.”

“Every woman should have 4 pets in her life.A mink in her closetA jaguar in her garageA tiger in her bedAnd a jackass who pays for EvErYtHiNg!”

“He who knows nothing, loves nothing. He who can do nothing understands nothing. He who understands nothing is worthless.”

“As long as I know there exists in the world someone who does tricks only for the love of the trick, as long as I know there is a woman who loves reading for reading's sake, I can convince myself that the world continues...And every evening I, too, abandon myself to reading, like that distant unknown woman...”

“What is an artist? For every thousand people there's nine hundred doing the work, ninety doing well, nine doing good, and one lucky bastard who's the artist.”