"I am a writer, and I write to shock."

"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it."

"What is crime? What is virtue? All depends on the point of view."

"Nothing we can do outrages Nature directly. Our acts of destruction give her new vigour and feed her her energy, but none of our wreckings can weaken her power."

"One today, another tomorrow, you've got to be a whore, a whore in body and soul."