At any given moment, I open my eyes and exist. And before that, during all eternity, what was there? Nothing.

Who cares about great marks left behind? We have one life... just one. Our life. We have nothing else.

There is always a certain peace in being what one is, in being that completely.

At any given moment, I open my eyes and exist.

To believe in God is to know that all the rules will be fair, and that there will be wonderful surprises.

Everyone has, inside himself ... what shall I call it? A piece of good news! Everyone is ... a very great, very important character.

If we have anything kind to say, any tender sentiment to express, we feel a sense of shame.

Thought itself needs words. It runs on them like a long wire. And if it loses the habit of words, little by little it becomes shapeless, somber.

All of us are mad. If it weren't for the fact that every one of us is slightly abnormal, there wouldn't be any point in giving each person a separate name.

There is no forgiveness in nature.

Nature is honest, we aren't; we embalm our dead.

Make sure that today is better than yesterday.

To Confess Is To Surrender

Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during the moment.

Remember that no one ever kicks a dead dog.

Superior music is purity itself; it clears the air.

Over a period of time, I think the popular will in Iran will prevail.

War is the father and king of all.

Art is good, bad, boring, ugly, useful to us or not.

Light and subject is inseparable. But when it is well integrated, it becomes the work of a fine masterpiece.

I've been very lucky as far as the things that I've picked, and the way they've worked out. I try to pass on stuff that looks like it's gonna be a bad time.