From the moment you are born, you could die. I think as an artist it is important to meditate on that.

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.

What kind of God do you believe in? my answer is easy: I believe in a magnificent God

We live in an illusion of safety while we hide in caves made ​​of glass looking for trees of concrete. Even our music resounds with the drums of the past.

There are many kinds of gods. Therefore there are many kinds of men.

The bitterest satires and noblest eulogies on married life have come from poets.

There are idiots in every crowd.

Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.

Writing is agony for me. I work at it eight hours every day, hoping to get six pages, but I am satisfied with three.

An author values a compliment even when it comes from a source of doubtful competency.

I long ago learned that you can't expect people to interpret the songs in the way they had meant for you, as the writer.