I am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you have caused my misfortune, and you have caused your own.

I turned silences and nights into words. What was unutterable, I wrote down. I made the whirling world stand still.

A thousand Dreams within me softly burn

Come from forever, and you will go everywhere.

The only unbearable thing is that nothing is unbearable.

Life is the farce which everyone has to perform.

True alchemy lies in this formula: ‘Your memory and your senses are but the nourishment of your creative impulse’.

Only divine love bestows the keys of knowledge.

Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.

Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life.

Je est un autre. (I is someone else).

Love fades. Mine has.

Americans worship technology. It's an inherent trait in the national zeitgeist.

Is that love, do you think?" he asks, sounding genuinely curious. "Being crazy about someone no matter how much they hurt you?

Yes, I like that word. "More" is a prayer to God, isn't it? Gratitude and plea, all in one.

When I was a boy if a girl got pregnant the shame was placed on her and the boy could get away.

We just can't change the rules if we don't like the results.

Sometimes in the middle of a presidential campaign, there's a political movie, and people are sick of hearing about politics, and they don't want to see that movie. They'd rather see "Godzilla."

All of the generations go to what is chic for them, and theater seems to be an older generation's art form.

Real wealth is feeling sorry for the poor

If you want to live your life in a creative way, as an artist, you have to not look back too much. You have to be willing to take whatever you've done and whoever you were and throw them away.