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

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

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.

Democracy, material wealth, and universal education are the soil upon which modernism exists.

Stop doing what you're able to do and figure out what you were made to do - then do lots of that.

I'm kind of a hermit. it's almost easier for me to write about connection than to actually connect.

I own a book,' he thought, delighted (Paolini 291).

I always feel like hard work leads the way, and from there, I leave it up to the powers that be.

If you look back at my story, it doesn’t matter where you look, but God’s fingerprints are all over the place.

Plan A is to hitch a ride out of here. But if they want a war, then plan B is to win it.

There is nothing boring in life except ourselves.

I hate every human being on earth. I feel that everyone is beneath me, and I feel they should all worship me. That's what I told my kids.

You are a Christian because somebody cared. Now it's your turn.