Art comes from life, not from the studio

The function of the artist in a disturbed society is to give awareness of the universe, to ask the right questions, and to elevate the mind.

I think communication starts when words are not present at all ... I think we put so much emphasis on language, actually silence is so much more important.

Theatre is fake... The knife is not real, the blood is not real, and the emotions are not real. Performance is just the opposite: the knife is real, the blood is real, and the emotions are real.

Because we never stop silently loving those who we once loved out loud

I am only interested in the ideas that become obsessive and make me feel uneasy. The ideas that I'm afraid of.

True love for whatever you are doing is the answer to everything.

A great artist has to be ready to fail.

Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity.

When you have so much pain, you think you will lose consciousness. If you say to yourself, ‘So what, lose consciousness,’ the pain goes away.

If we go for the easy way, then we never change.

Great Leaders develop through a never ending process of self-study, self-reflection, education, training, and experience

He who writes in blood and aphorisms does not want to be read, he wants to be learned by heart.

Don't call me famous, but it's hard to be out with my friends now.

Muddle is the extra unknown personality in any committee.

Free men stick their necks out.

We live in an era where masses of people come and go across a hostile planet, desolate and violent. Refugees, emigrants, exiles, deportees. We are a tragic contingent.

There are several methods for introducing your children to driving, and all of them are bad. Probably the worst is to put it off.

To make a book is as much a trade as to make a clock; something more than intelligence is required to become an author.

The greatest thing about being a comedian is knowing other comedians. And you get to talk to them. Its the most fun.

Because confidence is like respect; you have to earn it.