Fable has strong shoulders that carry far more truth than fact can.

Don't be ashamed of reliving your childhood, Ox, because all of us must do it now and then to maintain our sanity.

Blessed are the idiots, for they are happiest people on earth.

The emotional health of a village depended upon having a man whom everyone loved to hate, and Heaven had blessed us with two of them.

'Immortality is only for the gods,' he whispered. 'I wonder how they can stand it.'

I have never been able to understand why perfectly sensible people waste time being wittily obscure instead of just saying what they want and going on about their business.

Error can point the way to truth, while empty-headedness can only lead to more empty-headedness or to a career in politics.

The supernatural can be very annoying until one finds the key that transforms it into science," he observed mildly... "Come on, Ox, let's go out and get killed.

To cherish perfection is to commit creative suicide, and every true artist knows that a masterpiece is an accident that should be burned.

Begin at the beginning as you understood it, proceed through the middle, continue to the end, and then stop, " said Master Li, and he sauntered out to get drunk....

I wonder if life is a fairy tale!

Everything but happiness is neurosis.

I havent had a big hit record in America since 1987.

I love paper. A nice thick pile of it and a pencil, and I'm content.

There is an incessant influx of novelty into the world, and yet we tolerate incredible dullness.

Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.

In the beginning, I didnt dance that much and stuff.

I'm tired of people not treating me like the gift that I am.

I always thought signing was an artist's honour and guarantee of authenticity.

At the end I couldn't hear what the Queen was saying to me. But it was just great to see her lips moving.