All art at a certain level is entertainment. We go to a tragedy by Sophocles to be entertained.

Fictional characters are made of words, not flesh; they do not have free will, they do not exercise volition. They are easily born, and as easily killed off.

In order really to write one has to sink deep into the self and become lost there.

All my life I have lied. I lied to escape, I lied to be loved, I lied for placement and power; I lied to lie. It was a way of living; lies are life's almost-anagram.

The past beats inside me like a second heart.

If I was asked to say what was the greatest invention of human beings, I would say the sentence.

Everything we do is tinged with the knowledge that this may be the last time that we will do this, and that makes what we're doing incredibly sweet.

We carry the dead with us only until we die too, and then it is we who are borne along for a little while, and then our bearers in their turn drop, and so on into the unimaginable generations.

To take possession of a city of which you are not a native you must first fall in love there.

For memory, we use our imagination. We take a few strands of real time and carry them with us, then like an oyster we create a pearl around them.

A man is not much if he can't depend on himself, and nothing if others can't depend on him.

Employment sells out the future life

It is necessary for everyone to develop their internal personality

You tend to become like that, what you want most. Its up to you to make it happen. Expect the best and work for the best. Dedicate yourself and make your life happen with determination.

It's not that we are poor because we are uneducated, unemployed nor unqualified, we just have have a buying mentality instead of a selling mentality

Grave was the man in years, in looks, in word, his locks were grey, yet was his courage green.

In the end, this is your journey, live the life you imagined

The maxims for success laid out by the powerful are never much good as guides for those who aren't powerful.

Opportunity makes us known to others, but more to ourselves.

Art is always in the eyes of the beholder. Only posterity has the right to point out our mistakes.

I always have bananas with me for energy.