It's when you have friends that you can afford to be lonely. When you know a lot of people, loneliness becomes a luxury. It's only when you're forced to be lonely that it's bad.

Money can be more of a barrier between people than language or race or religion.

No writer, however popular, disdains a reader, however humble.

If the dreams of any so-called normal man were exposed ... there would be no more gravity and dignity left for mankind.

My mind was clear and penetrating at the time, for it was midnight, the hour at which I am most brave and most free.

The cat crossed the street daintily, pointing his feet like a ballet dancer, lifting them high as if his feet were too good for the pavement.

Writing's a lot like cooking. Sometimes the cake won't rise, no matter what you do, and every now and again the cake tastes better than you ever could have dreamed it would.

No matter how tall and wide darkness is, it cannot block the stars.

Life works with balance. If you give and receive out of giving, you create a balance with life. You serve life, before you expect life to serve you.

What few rules appear to be in place are all made up.

Do I provoke as a method of investigation? Of course. That's the essence of architecture. Do I do it with gusto? I do.

Great teachers emanate out of knowledge, passion and compassion.

An entertainer pleases others while an artist only has to please himself.

I thought you hung the moon.

When I used to read fairy-tales, I fancied that kind of thing never happened, and now here I am in the middle of one!

Study hard. Work hard. Play harder. Don't be bound by rules, don't hurt anybody and never ever live somebody else's dream.