I must not fall asleep in the middle of my life. Out of the blankness that surrounds me I must pluck the incident after incident after incident whose little explosions keep me going.

(I)f we are going to be kind, let it be out of simple generosity, not because we fear guilt or retribution.

The writers who have the deepest influence on one are those one reads in ones more impressionable, early life, and often it is the more youthful works of those writers that leave the deepest imprint.

When all else fails, philosophize.

We must cultivate, all of us, a certain ignorance, a certain blindness, or society will not be tolerable.

I know somewhat too much; and from this knowledge, once one has been infected, there seems to be no recovering.

All creatures come into the world bringing with them the memory of justice.

But he cannot see a connection between the end of yearning and the end of poetry. Is that what growing up amounts to: growing out of yearning, of passion, of all intensities of the soul?

I don't think we are ready to die, any of us, not without being escorted.

A book should be an axe to chop open the frozen sea inside us.

Become major, Paul. Live like a hero. That's what the classics teach us. Be a main character. Otherwise what is life for?

If you have a strong stomachread on.

Vanity of vanities, all is vanity, and there is nothing new under the sun, as Solomon said more than three thousand years ago.

Well I think always, when you remake films, I always think the first one is most original, authentic.

To think I have spent my life on absolute muck.

Don't get stressed over the little things and make sure you're enjoying life to the fullest.

Both our opinions are rooted in our experience," I said. "Both of them are true, it's just that we've had different experiences.

If you want my body and you think I'm sexy come on sugar let me know.

When you notice a fault in your neighbour, search for the same in yourself.

Acting isn't for me. I don't like being told what to do. I'm more interested in set design, more visually driven.

Don't come home a failure.