But how is the artist to protect himself against the corruption of the age which besets him on all sides?

Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.

When you are not happy with your life, always think that someone is happy simply because you exist

It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.

Even the weak become strong when they are united.

Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.

Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn't roar?

Every true genius is bound to be naive.

Keep true to the dreams of your youth.

Mankind is made great or little by its own will.

Art is the daughter of freedom.

From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!

This is what I want. This is the only thing I've ever wanted. Everything else—every single second of every single day that has come before this very moment, this kiss—has meant nothing.

Science fiction has these obsessions with certain sciences - large scale engineering, neuroscience.

It is torment to be segregated out because of some bit of clothing that you're wearing.

I am probably the biggest equity investor in the history of modern Russia.

I'll be the first to admit it, the life I'm leading is basically a joke. I should probably be cooler about it, but I can't fake it, you know?

The coward calls the brave man rash, the rash man calls him a coward.

Getting the pretty back is about getting back in touch with your essential self: the part of you that knows what you really want.

He kissed her and killed her then dumped her body in the river.

The man on top of the mountain didn't fall there.