Any good society survives on a circulation of favours.

It's amazing. The moment you show cash, everyone knows your language.

A man's past keeps growing, even when his future has come to a full stop.

I was looking for the key for years But the door was always open

The moment you recognize what is beautiful in this world, you stop being a slave

You can't expect a man in a dung heap to smell sweet.

Columbia University, where I went to study in 1993, insisted its undergraduates learn a foreign language, so I discovered French.

We are made mysteries to ourselves by the Rooster Coop we are locked in.

See, the poor dream all their lives of getting enough to eat and looking like the rich. And what do the rich dream of?? Losing weight and looking like the poor.

You ask 'Are you a man or a demon?' Neither, I say. I have woken up, and the rest of you are sleeping, and that is the only difference between us.

Neither you nor I speak English, but there are some things that can be said only in English.

Don't everallowthe disharmony of otherstobecome your ownamindful practiceof discernment(and the dislike for wearing bullshit)buildsthe eye, heart and spiritual muscles.

I'm not into superhero movies, but I love cartoons. Tweety bird is my favourite.

You see some of these actors, they have a permanent smile on their face. How can they do that? It really fascinates me.

I grew up with Frank Sinatra and it has taken me a long time to get to a place where I really enjoy [U2's] music.

If a person is hit hard enough, even if she stands, she falls.

They have bad taste. I am not a good-looking guy.

You have need to pray to God, not only to help you in your troubles--but to help you in your blessings

I feel like a divorced wife once my book is published and has left me, and hate to be brought back into intimate contact!

If you're paranoid long enough, sooner or later you're gonna be right.

Could it be in longing we are most ourselves?