Whether it’s chocolate or socks, the rule is the same; the darker the better.

Despite my vanity, I fear for my sanity.

Generally speaking, books don't cause much harm. Except when you read them, that is. Then they cause all kinds of problems.

Oh, talking is not so bad as that," said the Jester. "True, most people say only silly things when they speak. But it's easier to ignore them if you're saying silly things yourself.

Only bad books have good endings. If a book is any good, it's ending is always bad - because you don't want the book to end.

Some secrets are meant to be known- but once known you can never forget them.

Not all novelists are power-hungry madman. Some are power-hungry madwomen.

Truth is only stranger than fiction if you're a stranger to the truth. Which means you're either a liar or you're fictional.

Very little in this world makes sense.

Why did so many grown-ups want to be young, she wondered, when it took so long to grow old? It was like going on a million-mile road trip then wanting to turn around without getting out of the car.

This book will not harm you unless someone throws it at you which is a possibilty never to be discounted.

I have a dream: That everyone may experience a heaven on earth by their own whim.

...it is my belief that all of us suffer from some kind of mental instability. What would you say if I told you we all are a little crazy?

Simplicity is efficient.

I don't live for the accolades. I'm more so about the music. Making it, and putting it out. Those are the two best feelings.

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.

It is the way you feel that is your point of attraction.

The one you confront in Yoga is yourself. All that is rigid and stiff in you, all that says 'No.

You should not go to war for the privilege of withdrawal. You need to define your objective and the outcome, and it cannot be the removal of one man.

I only know this - that you can’t give advice to an artist.

What would become of the garden if the gardener treated all the weeds and slugs and birds and trespassers as he would like to be treated, if he were in their place?