Being right is less important to us than the freedom to be wrong.

Somebody told me I should put a pebble in my mouth to cure my stuttering. Well, I tried it, and during a scene I swallowed the pebble. That was the end of that.

A body of work such as Pasteur's is inconceivable in our time: no man would be given a chance to create a whole science. Nowadays a path is scarcely opened up when the crowd begins to pour in.

We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be.

My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.

Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god.

Kill one man, and you are murderer.

Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.

To be adult is to be alone.

A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.

In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day.

What had, moments ago, appeared a dangerous gambit, now seemed an elegant coup de maître.

All that that I learn just teaches me that I know nothing.

Seize the day and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.

Be true to yourself and surround yourself with positive, supportive people.

I have never grown out of the infantile belief that the universe was made for me to suck.

Once you have children it's love without bounds. You would die for them in an instant, without question. How can you better that?

Children are like crazy, drunken small people in your house.

Through a process of trial and error and experimentation, I discovered the simplest method - using only black - produced work with the strongest visual impact installed.

So, tell me this: suppose you manage to kidnap her again and take her off to the mall. While you're there a Strigoi comes at you. What will you do? Depends on what store we're in.

Poetry's medium is not merely light as air, it is air: vital and deep as ordinary breath.