Reality is not always probable, or likely.

So plant your own gardens and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.

Being with you and not being with you is the only way I have to measure time.

Don't talk unless you can improve the silence.

I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met, all the women that I have loved; all the cities I have visited.

I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books.

The worst labyrinth is not that intricate form that can entrap us forever, but a single and precise straight line

The fact is that poetry is not the books in the library . . . Poetry is the encounter of the reader with the book, the discovery of the book.

Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone.

I can give you my loneliness, my darkness, the hunger of my heart, I am trying to bribe you with uncertainty, with danger, with defeat.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.

The simplistic ideas in which the unbeliever ends up believing are his punishment.

If I don't keep this job, then my only future career-options are working in Argos, or being a prostitute, ' I say, w

Men are the devils of the earth, and the animals are its tormented souls.

For lack of a better word, acting is therapeutic. You really are breaking down barriers, exorcising demons and finding more out about yourself.

Fear and anxiety were exploited by zealots and fools.

It occurred to me then that I was the opposite of my father. Because I was very, very good at destroying things.

I have sensitive skin, so I don't use regular razors. The Yankees make us stay cleanly shaven!

Doing the easy thing makes you popular. Doing the hard thing makes you a leader.

George Carlin is an influence on a generation. He made me want to do comedy.