Am I to leave this world as a man who shies away from all conclusions?

It would have been so pointless to kill himself that, even if he had wanted to, the pointlessness would have made him unable.

I see, these books are probably law books, and it is an essential part of the justice dispensed here that you should be condemned not only in innocence but also in ignorance.

You're not cross with me, though?" he said. She pulled her hand away and answered, "No, no, I'm never cross with anyone.

Could K. represent the congregation all by himself? What if he had been a stranger merely visiting the church? That was more or less his position.

Don't be too hasty, don't take somebody else's opinion without testing it.

I realized that I was afraid to really, really try something, 100%, because I had never reached true failure.

Poetry is that art which selects and arranges the symbols of thought in such a manner as to excite the imagination the most powerfully and delightfully.

We got a little waylaid along the way. The whole problem started about 10 years ago with management and legal battles, then still trying to make albums while I was doing all of that.

It’s not our job to assess the merit of our vision or judge its importance. It is our job to receive the vision and act upon it.

If I could find anything blacker than black, I'd use it.

I really like incorporating elements, and it's also difficult to do in stop motion, which means sometimes I run into problems.

Fighting battles is like courting girls: those who make the most pretensions and are boldest usually win.

Often jobs are un-turndownable even before you read the script. You go, "Well, I have to do that."

For youthful faults ripe virtues shall atone.

The film Black Orpheus is one of my favorite films of all time, which is set in Carnival in Brazil.