We survive on novelty, so much less demanding than commitment.

Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea.

I was ready to love the whole world, but no one understood me, and I learned to hate.

Afraid of decision, I buried my finer feelings in the depths of my heart and they died there.

An unusual beginning must have an unusual end.

He in his madness prays for storms, and dreams that storms will bring him peace.

Women love only those whom they do not know!

We almost always forgive those we understand.

What is this eternity to me without you? What is the infinity of my domains? Empty ringing words, A spacious temple - without a divinity!

I was born, so that the whole world could be a spectatorOf my triumph or my doom.

In the first place, [his eyes] never laughed when he laughed. Have you ever noticed this peculiarity some people have? It is either the sign of an evil nature or of a profound and lasting sorrow.

The suffering was shaping her perception about life, her values, priorities, goals and dreams.

Innocence and experience make for a perfect marriage.

Everything I do is about setting up for the next. I think that my confidence and belief in myself as well as the music and trusting my judgment of my songs really grew the most.

All of us take an interest, to a greater or lesser extent, in what people around us look like, what they are doing, and why they are doing it.

I can be expected to look for truth but not to find it.

People are hypocrites. If you ask them what they want to see on TV, they'll tell you they want better quality programming. And then what do they watch? 'Gilligan's Island.'

I'm not sure what [my latest works are] about but I'm convinced they're the best things I've done and I'm going to the world's best museums with them.

The I is the soul, which endures.

Our job is to give people not what they want, but what we decide they ought to have.

The name of the human who is written in this note shall die.