“Intelligence is composed mostly of imagination, insight, things that have nothing to do with reason.”

“Sometimes the most intelligent thing is not to do anything, certainly nothing loaded with the imbecility of emotionality.”

“Reason is intelligence taking exercise. Imagination is intelligence with an erection.”

“Things don't just happen, they have reasons. And the reasons have reasons. And the reasons for the reasons have reasons. And then the things that happen make other things happen, so they become reasons themselves. Nothing moves forward in a straight line, nothing is straightforward.”

“No, no, one can imagine nothing in the world, not the least thing. Everything is composed of so many isolated details that are not to be foreseen. In one's imagining one passes over them and hasty as one is doesn't notice that they are missing. But realities are slow and indescribably detailed.”

“Humans beings always do the most intelligent thing…after they’ve tried every stupid alternative and none of them have worked”