Man is what he believes.

MEDVEDENKO : Why do you wear black all the time?

My holy of holies is the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and absolute freedom—freedom from violence and falsehood, no matter how the last two manifest themselves.

One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake.

One must not put a loaded rifle on the stage if no one is thinking of firing it.

People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.

Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.

The most intolerable people are provincial celebrities.

The only difference between lawyers and doctors is that lawyers simply rob you, whereas doctors both rob you and kill you, too.

The personal life of every individual is based on secrecy and perhaps it is partly for that reason that civilized man is so nervously anxious that personal privacy should be respected.