A demon, who serves to a warlock, begins tormenting his master, if he has not enough work. Talent is the demon.

Even a best fountain-pen cannot make a writer be a fount of eloquence, but fountains teach to sob with ecstasy.

Every cloud of confetti has a dark lining.

I grew up with my mom being very, very cheap, so when it's free, I'm like, 'Oh my God, it's free - I have to take as much as I can!'

Every artist - even if they do Superman, they do Batman, and things like that - they are speaking about his life. Every person, every artist makes his life an artwork.

I think my music is like anchovies - some people like it, some people get nauseous.

Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism.

If you would enjoy real freedom, you must be the slave of Philosophy.

I am not going to share my private life with millions of people. I don't find a need to do that and nobody else close to me does either.

The best food I've ever eaten in my life has come from the poorest communities.

I dreamed I saw the silver spaceships flying in the yellow haze of the sun. There were children crying and colors flying all around the chosen ones.

There is absolutely no point in sitting down to write a book unless you feel that you must write that book, or else go mad, or die.

I was pretty hot-tempered all through school. I remember my high school basketball coach telling me: 'Boy, if you don't learn to control that temper, you're gonna kill somebody.'