Silence, like madness, is only comparative.

Men are so isolated, prisoners of their own wretched selves, that they can be unbelievably sociable.

In response to a tactless question he once said to me, ‘What do you expect? This lousy neighbourhood gave me the come-on. I couldn’t resist.

Curiosity is the great motivator of an education. It’s the how of learning: how we go from not knowing something to knowing it inside and out.

The only things I truly keep are those things that I give away.

We could have been happy. I know that, and it is perhaps the hardest thing to know.

No eye to watch, and no tongue to wound us, All earth forgot, and all heaven around us.

Kids ought to have two bicycles, one to ride and one to rent.

The inborn instability of capitalism has been part of the history of the system for several hundred years.

Why should I want what's good for me?' Beatrice asked him, smiling. 'Is that what you want for yourself - only what's good for you?

Last Friday night; Yeah we danced on tabletops. And we took too many shots. Think we kissed, but I forgot?

I never had any ambitions of being a movie star or anything like that, but you know, this is nice.

Success doesn't bring happiness. Only material stuff like money, cars and iPods can do that. And I've already got all that. So I have to find other ways to amuse myself.