Depend upon it, after all, Thomas, Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man. For my own part, there is no seducing me from the path.

The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

There is no beauty without some strangeness

All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.

The believer is happy. The doubter is wise.

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

Years of love have been forgot, In the hatred of a minute.

And so, being young and dipt in folly, I fell in love with melancholy.

I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind.

They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.

I hold steadfast to hope.

The one who believes himself to be a person needs to try to find that person. This is a solution, an antidote, offered to a ghost that thinks it actually exists.

When I was in college, I really liked poetry. I don't read much anymore.

You've got to make your own kind of music, sing your own special song, make your own kind of music, even if nobody else sings along.

We learn the social norms of our society and modify our behaviour accordingly.

If power made one evil, then God would be the Devil.

The night destroys the sun

If you want to dig a big hole, you need to stay in one place.

A lot of people want to make films and do photography and things, but I'm quite happy doing what I'm doing.

Selfishness in art, as in other things, is sensibility kept at home.