A positive attitude means all the difference in the world.

At times inactivity is preferable to mindless functioning.

You are a victim of the rules you live by.

My arrogance knows no bounds and I will make no peace today, and you should be so lucky to find a woman like me.

TRYING TO BE POPULAR IN HIGH SCHOOL IS LIKE TRYING TO BE MAYOR OF A CITY THAT WON'T EXIST IN FOUR YEARS.

If you have many desires your life will be interesting.

Protect me from what I want.

All things are delicately interconnected.

I used language because I wanted to offer content that people - not necessarily art people - could understand.

THERE IS A PERIOD WHEN IT IS CLEAR THAT YOU HAVE GONE WRONG BUT YOU CONTINUE. SOMETIMES THERE IS A LUXURIOUS AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE ANYTHING BAD HAPPENS.

Slipping into madness is good for the sake of comparison

Raindrops blossom brilliantly in the rainbow, and change to flowers in the sod, but snow comes in full flower direct from the dark, frozen sky.

Be judgmental to yourself, but be kind and non-judgmental to others.

Pounds are the sons not of pounds but of pence.

Self-pity? I see no moral objections to it, the smell drives people away, but that's a practical objection, and occasionally an advantage.

It is so difficult to mix with artists! You must choose business men to talk to, because artists only talk of money.

I’m only able to write poetry, for the most part, when I have a Muse, a woman who focuses the world for me.

I never put my arms around John Gotti, Al Capone or Lucky Luciano.

We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists... in the loved one, perfection.

A purified mind can grasp anything. It can dive deep into the subtlest subject and understand even transcendental things.

What is toleration? It is the prerogative of humanity. We are all steeped in weaknesses and errors: Let us forgive one another's follies, it is the first law of nature.