And I ask him why he cuts his arms with a razor. "Just fo feel. Just to feel something.

The interior of our skulls contains a portal to infinity.

I just wanted all the wars to be over so that we could spend the money on starships and Mars colonies.

A cannon fires only once but words detonate across centuries

Everyone does magic all the time in different ways. "Life" plus "significance" = magic.

Sometimes you wonder, in an interconnected universe, who's dreaming who?

Study yourself the way a hunter studied prey. Exploit your own weaknesses to create desired changes within yourself.

There's a palace in your head, boy. Learn to live in it always.

If our shallow, self-critical culture sometimes seems to lack a sense of the numinous or spiritual it's only in the same way a fish lacks a sense of the ocean.

Laugh and the world laughs with you!

I'm the evil mastermind behind the scenes. I'm the wicked puppeteer who pulls the strings and makes you dance. I'm your writer.

I don't know when and I don't know how, but you'll get through this. And you'll kick life in the balls just as hard as it's kicked you.

Know the adjectives that define you and pay no heed to the verbs that defy you.

Democracy means not "I am as good as you are " but "You are as good as I am."

I basically have a very positive philosophy of life, because I don't feel I have anything to lose. Most things are going to turn out okay.

It is in the nature of cats to do a certain amount of unescorted roaming.

I think people in England take things for granted, we complain about our NHS system and yes it's not perfect but believe me it's far better than what they've got here.

But there had to be a quota. An upper limit to the number of miracles one is privileged to in a lifetime. How many times can a beloved reappear?

Architecture is supposed to complete nature. Great architecture makes nature more beautiful-it gives it power.

A lot of artists say, I'm not political. People are afraid of this word.

I wasn't sure how I'd feel about breastfeeding, but quickly realized its brilliance.