Arthur Rimbaud

Life is the farce which everyone has to perform.

Romanticism has never been properly judged. Who was there to judge it? The critics!

Morality is the weakness of the brain.

Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.

It's hard to imagine anyone interested in film not being a fan of Alfred Hitchcock because he's such a key influence on the entire history of cinema - it's hard to escape his shadow.

To have dominion by religion, is to have dominion over men's souls, thus over their very spiritual life, and to use the Divine things, which are in their religion, as the means.