Every satisfaction he attains lays the seeds of some new desire, so that there is no end to the wishes of each individual will.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.

The majority of men... are not capable of thinking, but only of believing, and... are not accessible to reason, but only to authority.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

Man is the only animal who causes pain to others with no other object than wanting to do so.

Genius and madness have something in common: both live in a world that is different from that which exists for everyone else.

A pessimist is an optimist in full possession of the facts.

Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine.

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.

I believe that the measure of my soul is my capacity to love imperfect people.

Music helps us understand where we have come from but, more importantly, what has happened to us.

Reading Is Very Powerful.... It Gives You The Illusion To See The Past, Present, Future And Even Seeing The Invisible.... So READ....

Some of the most important conversations I've ever had occurred at my family's dinner table.

Every minute of life carries with it its miraculous value, and its face of eternal youth.

This is what I call participation in the world of ideas. That is what art-making is.

My face has always been my fortune anyway, not my body.

I love trainwrecks on live TV.

You couldnt get a job playing in a club unless you played so much Top 40 and so many Beatles songs. I just went into a sort of revolt.

Ill often rush out from Dark Shadows, having made a 5.30PM appointment, working for a couple of hours.