Boring is the right thought at the wrong time.

Where utility ends and decoration begins is perfection.

The object of your desire is not an object.

Never offer advice just to appear concerned.

Experience will tell you if you need more of it.

Never be angry with something that can't get angry with you.

We think we are being interesting to others when we are being interesting to ourselves.

Do not ask questions until you have trained yourself not to know the answers.

A comment that starts with the words "I think" usually means the opposite.

History is always a grand fantasy... To reconstruct is to invent.

Everything had become chaotic, and I wasn't sure how much more I wanted to take

Worrying was painful .... but compared to the alternative, a privilege

'I will go to France, to Yugoslavia, to China, and continue my profession.' 'As sanitary engineer?' 'No, Monsieur. As adventurer. I will see all the peoples and all the countries of the world.'

I started out with the guitar and was a studio musician back in the 50s, and then got shot in my finger.

If Christianity were only a development, then Christ was not needed. If Christianity were only a scheme of morals, then the divine incarnation was a thing superfluous.

The desire for love is universal but that has never meant it’s worthy of respect. It’s not admirable to want love, it just is.

If you're a rich guy, the best thing you can do is demand tax increases on the rich. That way the poor guy will leave you alone. The middle class and the poor will leave you alone.

I love my fans. They’re the most beautiful thing in the entire world for me. Every single thing I do is for them.