While gazing at myself from yourself, I was beautiful.

I am the shore and the ocean, awaiting myself on both sides.

Creating means living.

Nothing is made, nothing disappears. The same changes, at the same places, never stopping.

My mathematics is simple: one plus one = one.

In a myriad of ways you tell one truth.

He will understand when it is too late that it is easier to love.

What you gain here, you lose on the other side.

Long ago we conquered our passions looking at ourselves in the mirror of eternity.

In greatness, life and death merge.

From one bell all the bells toll.

Other [artists'] music is really what you get most inspiration from, whether consciously or subconsciously. I like a lot of old music and a lot of soul music. I also really like a lot of new stuff.

For years I thought my father was a hunchback. Turns out he didn't know suspenders were adjustable.

I am confident that when I get really old, the human lifespan will be extended.

Is the U.S. better or is the world better? Is the U.S. better off today than we were four years ago? Obviously not, economically not. I think our stature in the world is not the same.

As I got older, with my work, I became aware of the responsibility of film, and I feel one of the best ways I can apply myself as an actor, is to go beyond movie stardom and celebrity.

The whole world is simply nothing more than a flow chart for capital.

Mission is a workshop where there is room for all.

Writing a novel is like knocking on a door that will never open. You are so desperate to get in, you will say or do anything. You feel: please take my novel.

Acquire a peaceful spirit, and thousands around you will be saved.

Swift as shadow, short as any dream