Genius is nothing more than an extraordinary manifestation of the body.

Glory is a scandal. Let me state once & for all: I do not wish to be civilized.

Every great artist has the sense of provocation.

Hunger justifies the middle classes.

My greatest discovery has been my love of boredom and to get fun out of it.

The literature of impotence is about to develop beyond measure.

The beautiful must be incongruous.

Thought involves a little charlatanism.

The present is always the best, even when its rough.

I have twenty countries in my memory and trail in my soul the colors of one hundred cities.

It’s not the light that’s attracting me, but the darkness that’s driving me on.

For what is more lovable than failure?

Still, truth is how I remember it now. In a way, I am changing the past from my desk here in the future as I write. It always happens like this. This is how we all tell our story.

If you have written really well, people will swear that it happened to you.

Name a moral statement or action, uttered or performed by a religious person that could not have been uttered or performed by an unbeliever.

To be loved, we should merit but little esteem; all superiority attracts awe and aversion.

Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.

I am the nice adversary, the guy that's going to ask the tough questions and is not going to be happy with the quick answer.

If you're playing for the Kansas City Royals about all you can do is beat your head against the wall.

Probably Darren Criss, yeah, we've become close friends.

If you have infinite patience and perseverance, success is bound to come. No mistake in that.