What would the world be like if men never ruled again?

There are no gods, only men.

And only men could have invented the idea of a king.

There can be no god without desire.

What myth can hold when you kneel in your brother’s remains? When you slit his throat yourself? What story can guide us if we can betray all?

A wonderful person finds amazing beauty in everything and everyone.

I want to be a ripple in the infinite ocean of love.

We would like to think of death as a release from the pressures of existence, but this is a fatally mistaken thought: it is the ultimate culmination of those pressures.

Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I'm really fond of.

The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of government power.

I was never a wet-eyed, passionate writer; I was always a policeman.

When you are really in love, you become vulnerable, and insecurities come out of nowhere.

Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.

Christianity, democracy, science, education, wealth, and the cumulative inheritance of a thousand years, have not preserved us from the vain repetition of history.

Not me, paranoia's the garlic in life's kitchen, right, you can never have too much.