At every sunrise I renounce the doubts of night and greet the new day of a most precious delusion.

In a room where people unanimously maintain a conspiracy of silence, one word of truth sounds like a pistol shot.

The voice of passion is better than the voice of reason. The passionless cannot change history.

The purpose of poetry is to remind us how difficult it is to remain just one person, for our house is open, there are no keys in the doors, and invisible guests come in and out at will.

The soul exceeds its circumstances.

Not that I want to be a god or a hero. Just to change into a tree, grow for ages, not hurt anyone.

Consolation Calm down. Both your sins and your good deeds will be lost in oblivion.

Do not feel safe. The poet remembers. You can kill one, but another is born. The words are written down, the deed, the date.

The history of my stupidity would fill many volumes.

When a writer is born into a family, the family is finished.

I am composed of contradictions, which is why poetry is a better form for me than philosophy

So what is a good meditator? A good meditator meditates.

Following dark winter's strife, a warm air rises, teemed with life. Birth, rebirth, as the waiting die. Old love, new love sprouts wings to fly.

We cry to God for blessings but we do not really want him. He has to teach us that he is the greatest blessing of all.

When people bury treasure nowadays they do it in the Post-Office bank.

If I want to do action, you don't really get to do it. They don't let you, there's too much on the line to let you jump out of a building.

Religion is the only solid Base of morals and that Morals are the only possible Support of free governments.

How can you work in film and still see the overt racism that exists in film and not just be furious all the time?

Performers may play in the studio, but they need to go out and tour every once in a while to keep their edge, or a performer who is a stranger may be asked to "sit in" on a set.

I want the traditional family upheld, but I don't want it upheld to the detriment of other people.

Today's Baudelaires are hip-hop artists.