Abraxas was the god who was both god and devil.

Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

When you like someone, you like them in spite of their faults. When you love someone, you love them with their faults.

The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world. The bird flies to God. The God's name is Abraxas.

I live in my dreams — that's what you sense. Other people live in dreams, but not in their own. That's the difference.

Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.

I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teaching my blood whispers to me.

Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of ours.

He brought out the worst in me, and was the best thing that ever happened to me.

To be alive is to be dizzy and not to know exactly where to go.

You have a certain charm, believe it or not. That, and you feed me.

How I hate you, " he said softly. "If hate were stone I could build a tower into the clouds.

I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat while doing

Pucker up, Hollywood. By the time I’m finished with you, the neighbors are gonna need a cigarette.

Where is all the knowledge we lost with information?

History is a commentary on the various and continuing incapabilities of men. What is history? History is women following behind with the bucket.

True humility is a flower which will adorn any garden.

After I won the Tony Award, the film floodgates opened, so I was like a kid in a candy store.