I hate that rule that says write about what you know, it leads to too many British novels about marriages going slightly wrong. Write about what you don't know, just act as though you do.

Anything can become music if listened to long enough

Form is the host; content is the virus.

We have flooded ourselves with the media in all its many forms. Our minds are now open to signals. We have become aerials.

Expect to feel pleasure. Knowledge is sexy. Expect to feel pain. Knowledge is torture.

Chaos needs no allies, for it dwells like a poison in every one of us.

How tragic it is to find that an entire lifetime is wasted in pursuit of distractions while purpose is neglected.

The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.

The monsters don't live in the belly of the world like they all say. The monsters live inside of us. We make the monsters.

Hard times define one's character.

There is nothing terrible in life for the man who realizes there is nothing terrible in death.

It's one of those secrets that's embarrassing to acknowledge, but we do love our students.

You can't just imitate and keep coming up with ideas. You have to be tapping into something that's pure and unconscious in yourself or you'll have no career.

One who has an inferiority complex can never be really humble, but can only have false modesty or false humility.

People think that if you look fairly reasonable, you can't possibly act, and as I only care about acting, I think beauty can be a great handicap.