If we could only find the courage to leave our destiny to chance, to accept the fundamental mystery of our lives, then we might be closer to the sort of happiness that comes with innocence.

God and Country are an unbeatable team; they break all records for oppression and bloodshed.

The decline of the aperitif may well be one of the most depressing phenomena of our time.

If you were to ask me if I'd ever had the bad luck to miss my daily cocktail, I'd have to say that I doubt it; where certain things are concerned, I plan ahead.

Mystery is the essential element of every work of art.

The Cinema seems to have been invented to express the life of the subconscious, the roots of which penetrate poetry so deeply

I would give my life for a man who is looking for the truth. But I would gladly kill a man who thinks that he has found the truth.

Thank God I'm an atheist.

I can't help feeling that there is no beauty without hope, struggle, and conquest.

Thank God, I am still an atheist.

If someone were to tell me I had twenty years left, and ask me how I'd like to spend them, I'd reply 'Give me two hours a day of activity, and I'll take the other twenty-two in dreams.'

The inner drama is the meaning of the exterior event.

If we want to change what happens, we change what we believe and expect.

I want to congratulate all the men out there who are working diligently to be good fathers whether they are stepfathers, or biological fathers or just spiritual fathers.

Putting up with the fear of being with the wrong person because you can't deal with the fear of being alone.

I just want to sleep, and eat, and learn about what's going on in the world.

All in all, I wouldn't call it a bad outing. It was a short outing.

Stupid people are ruining America.

If you eat a chicken wing or a chicken tender in some parts of the country, I probably supplied it.

Late night writing is also good, too, but in New York, you've got neighbors. I try to be a good neighbor.

I'm a grumpy old man. The older I get the more anti-social I get.