Discussion in class, which means letting twenty young blockheads and two cocky neurotics discuss something that neither their teacher nor they know.

Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.

And the rest is rust and stardust.

Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.

Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars.

Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.

The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.

I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.

Loneliness as a situation can be corrected, but as a state of mind it is an incurable illness.

The courage to keep trying is willingness to triumph.

God does not regret saving you. There is no sin which you commit which is beyond the cross of Christ.

We ultimately don't get what we want, we get what we are.

German equality of rights is the prerequisite for any participation on Germany's part in international conventions and agreements.

One day I am satisfied, the next day I find it all bad; still I hope that some day I will find some of them good.

To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world. You are surrounded by adventure.

Painting is as difficult as brain surgery. It's not that relaxing. But that's the discipline.

Its from the deep waters that we come. And we are heartfelt and treacherous like those waters. We come with an unflinching devotion to the mystical and to God - representing life and embracing death.

Time slowed and reality bent; on and on the eggman went.

I am, and remain, passionate about news.