Power and wealth increase in direct proportion to a man's distance from the material objects from which wealth and power are ultimately derived.

But then every man is ludicrous if you look at him from outside, without taking into account what’s going on in his heart and mind.

We float in language like icebergs – four-fifths under the surface and only one-fifth of us projecting into the open air of immediate, non-linguistic experience.

When things are at their blackest, I say to myself, 'Cheer up, things could be worse.' And sure enough, they get worse.

I don't play head games... I come from a family that could easily be called Generous to a fault.

Anybody who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.

On days such as this, Death’s long shadow hung like a broken halo over everyone—a sign of things to come.

I think there are lots of ways to make good work. You can throw big bucks at a project and make what some would call crap, or you can work very modestly with eloquently moving results.

It's always felt natural, because I'm generally very comfortable with people.

Poland is not a very large country, but it's also not a small country.

Do not mistake for wisdom that opinion which may rise from a sick mind.

I would be lost without the feeling of antagonism that people have towards me. I write out of defiance.

It was God who created hell as a place to store evil. He didn't do a good job of keeping it there though.