The Iliad is the private lives of people thrown into disorder by history.

Being or nothing, that is the question. Ascending, descending, coming, going, a man does so much that in the end he disappears.

There have been only rare moments in history where individual histories were able to run their course without wars or revolutions.

Religions tend to disappear with man's good fortune.

Man's usual routine is to work and to dream and work and dream.

The Odyssey is the story of someone who, in the course of diverse experiences, acquires a personality or affirms and recovers his personality.

To have one's own story told by a third party who doesn't know that the character in question is himself the hero of the story being told, that's a technical refinement.

When Ulysses hears his own story sung by an epic poet and then he reveals his identity and the poet wants to continue singing, Ulysses isn't interested any longer. That's very astonishing.

A very great Iliad... concerns the creation of a nation.

All confessions are Odysseys.

It is the creator of fiction's point of view; it is the character who interests him. Sometimes he wants to convince the reader that the story he is telling is as interesting as universal history.

If you wish to be a writer– then write, and don’t allow anyone to tell you that you’re on the ‘wrong’ path. You know where you’re going, and each word you write gets you a step closer.

Plato's world of ideas is beautiful.

You should have a dream and absolutely go for it. Don't let anybody say you can't do it.

And then adds with a laugh, 'but in retrospect I think he may have been more sophisticated than we were.'

The way is shut. It was made by those who are Dead, and the Dead keep it, until the time comes. The way is shut.

Have fun. Keep your integrity. Do what you want to do and stay true to that.

You might be a redneck if you think that the styrofoam cooler is the greatest invention of all time.

If you really want to engage in policy activity, don't make that your vocation. Make it your avocation. Get a job. Get a secure base of income. Otherwise, you're going to get corrupted and destroyed.

I've triumphed over addiction.

The chances of you winning are the same as the chances of HELL freezing over.