I asked, how is knowledge found? 'You must learn how to read, little sister, ' he said.

Travel far enough, you meet yourself.

Truth is singular. Its 'versions' are mistruths.

...now I'm a spent firework; but at least I've been a firework.

If swans weren't real myths'd make up.

Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.

I believe death is only a door. One closes, and another opens. If I were to imagine heaven, I would imagine a door opening. And he would be waiting for me there.

Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.

A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.

You say you're 'depressed' - all i see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn't mean you're defective - it just means you're human.

I believe there is another world waiting for us. A better world. And I'll be waiting for you there.

Education delivered by a strict councellor, and recieved with great pains would never brighten the future of any student.

If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.

Once the fired stone is out of the kiln, it is still possible to mentally reconstruct it in its original form.

It's very schizophrenic because I like a lot of very straight pop, like Small Faces, Stones, Kinks; and on the other hand, I like a lot of avant garde things.

I'm doing exactly what I want to do, and I'm having fun doing it.

I've worked really hard to build up a career on my own. I turned 30 recently and it took me a long time to get the chance to make a feature film and do it on my own terms.

What is learned without pleasure is forgotten without remorse.

If there are nine rabbits on the ground and you want to catch one, just focus on one.

We should begin at the very root from which we spring, we should effect a radical reform in the character of the food.

I miss. I miss. I miss. I make.