Consciousness has forced us into the paradoxical position of striving to be unself-conscious of what we are - hunks of spoiling flesh on disintegrating bones.

Madness, mayhem, erotic vandalism, devastation of innumerable souls - while we scream and perish, History licks a finger and turns the page.

Look at your body— A painted puppet, a poor toy Of jointed parts ready to collapse, A diseased and suffering thing With a head full of false imaginings. —The Dhammapada

Nonexistence never hurt anyone. Existence hurts everyone.

Most people learn to save themselves by artificially limiting the content of consciousness.

It has always seemed to me that my existence consisted purely and exclusively of nothing but the most outrageous nonsense.

The only value of this world lay in its power - at certain times - to suggest another world.

Officially there are no fates worse than death. Unofficially, there is a profusion of such fates. For some people, just living with the thought that they will die is a fate worse than death itself.

Everything is ultimately peculiar and ultimately ridiculous.

To my mind, a well-developed sense of humor is the surest indication of a person's humanity, no matter how black and bitter that humor may be.

No one gives up on something until it turns on them, whether or not that thing is real or unreal.

Don’t dare to dream big, just dream BIG!

He took the box but did not avail himself of a tissue. She understood. Sometimes it was comforting to feel the wetness of grief's tears on your face.

If you've experienced half of the things I've passed through in life, you wouldn't underestimate the power of love.

My mind works so fast. When I think of something I say it. Lots of times I say it even before I think of it.

Everything I did as secretary of state was in furtherance of America's interests and our values.

Does anybody who gave up smoking to save a pound a week have a pound at the end of the week? Not on your life.

Health is very important to me.

Failure is a stepping-stone to greatness.

Someday a political genius will come along and make the Senate work.

Everyone I've worked with on any film will say I'm the hardest worker.