He would eventually have to pass through the forest, but he felt no fear. Of course - the forest was inside him, he knew, and it made him who he was.

I want to write about people who dream and wait for the night to end, who long for the light so they can hold the ones they love.

Don't tell me anymore. You should have your dream, as the old woman told you to. I understand how you feel, but if you put those feelings into words they will turn into lies. (from Thailand)

It's just a feeling I have. What you see with your eyes is not necessarily real. My enemy is, among other things, the me inside me.

The whole terrible fight occured in the area of imagination. That is the precise location of our battlefield. It is there, that we experience our victories and defeats.

Have your dream...What you need now more than anything is discipline. Cast off mere words. Words turn into stone. (from Thailand)

What I was chasing in circles must have been the tail of the darkness inside me.

I just gave them a little scare. A touch of psychological terror. As Joseph Conrad once wrote, true terror is the kind that men feel towards their imagination. (from Super-frog Saves Tokyo)

It's not right for one friend to do all the giving and the other to do all the taking: that's not read friendship.

Opera lovers may be the narrowest people in the world.

Living and dying are, in a sense, of equal value.

It can destroy an individual, or it can fulfill him, depending a good deal on luck. No one should come to New York to live unless he is willing to be lucky.

It took a generation for companies to recognise their responsibilities in terms of labour practices and another generation for them to recognise their environmental obligations.

[I] take inspiration from kids. ... They're very honest in how they act and how they are in the world.

I've always been a big believer in the power of place. I believe that where we are affects who we are when it comes to happiness, spirituality, economics and creative genius.

The wiser a man becomes, the more he will read, and those who are wisest read most.

Politics in America has become a Jewish profession, just like arts and the law.

How happy is the sailor's life, from coast to coast to roam; in every port he finds a wife, in every land a home.

You mean the fact that Tom Arnold would spend more time with the hair and makeup people than I would?

I recognise Santangelo's dad, who saves police brutality for when he gets to his son.

Alcoholism isn't a disease. It's a failure of self-image.