Defeat begins with the fear that one has lost.

Without the threat of punishment, there is no joy in flight.

Mankind, which has always been a part of nature, has reached a point where it is too much for nature to accommodate.

Green makes me think of silence, or maybe it's loneliness. I get the feeling of a terribly distant star.

It's a dangerous dog that doesn't bark.

Work seemed something fundamental for man, something which enabled him to endure the aimless flight of time.

The minute you begin to have doubts, the floor under your feet starts to shake.

The most frightening thing in the world is to discover the abnormal in that which is closest to us.

Time cannot be spurred on like a horse.

Yet there seemed to be some truth in the law of probability, according to which the chance of success is directly proportionate to the number of repetitions.

Perhaps the act of writing is necessary when nothing happens.

There's no retirement for an artist, its your way of living so theres no end to it.

Ellen had said that her mother was afraid of the ocean, that it was too cold and too big. The sky was, too, thought Annemarie. The whole world was: too cold, too big. And too cruel.

By the time I got to Harvard, I feel like I knew who I was, and my job there was to throw as much against the wall as possible, to see what would stick.

Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.

Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm, and behave as outrageously as the world will let them.

The demand that poetry be immediately understandable to everyone is truly absurd.

Ease my suffering. Make me the happiest, most tortured man in the world. Marry me?

I never had any facial hair in my life.

Whatever natural right men may have to freedom and independency, it is manifest that some men have a natural ascendency over others.

If you have passion for what you want to do and that's what you want to do, you've just got to bust your balls and go for it if you want to play music.