I have written much less than most people who write; I have drunk much more than most people who drink.

Young people everywhere have been allowed to choose between love and a garbage disposal unit. Everywhere they have chosen the garbage disposal unit.

In our society now, we prefer to see ourselves living than living.

Quotations are useful in periods of ignorance or obscurantist beliefs.

The spectacle is not a collection of images, but a social relation among people, mediated by images.

In a world that has REALLY been turned on its head, truth is a moment of falsehood.

The more powerful the class, the more it claims not to exist.

Where the real world changes into simple images, the simple images become real beings and effective motivations of hypnotic behavior.

... just as early industrial capitalism moved the focus of existence from being to having, post-industrial culture has moved that focus from having to appearing.

All that once was directly lived has become mere representation.

Boredom is always counter-revolutionary. Always.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Bicyclist's Philosophy of Life..."It's a matter of faith. You can keep upright only by moving forward. You have to have your eyes on the goal, not the ground.

Remember, a book is always a gift.

These pages are not my confession; they’re my definition. And I feel, as I begin to write it, that I can write it with some semblance of truth.

When you're in jail, a good friend will be trying to bail you out. A best friend will be in the cell next to you saying, 'Damn, that was fun.'

I think we're going to have to take a hard look about what more we can do to prevent this kind of lone wolf attack.

French women typically think about good things to eat. American women typically worry about bad things to eat.

My career, at the moment, is very exciting, but love comes first because it balances me.

It was only until I started to be myself that the music started to flow and people started to listen. So, thank you guys...

If a person weren't failing in some way, shape or form, would he or she need to blame, justify, or complain? The obvious answer is no.