I asked the question for the best reason possible, for the only reason, indeed, that excuses anyone for asking any question - simple curiosity.

I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else.

If a man treats life artistically, his brain is his heart.

What fire does not destroy, it hardens

All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

I don't stop when I am tired, I stop when I am done

Any profound view of the world is mysticism. It has, of course, to deal with life and the world, both of which are nonrational entities.

I may have been lucky with some sort of intuition, but I believe in training a great deal.

The fight against drug trafficking is a false pretext for the United States to install military bases.

Just being in a room with myself is almost more stimulation than I can bear.

I liked Dallas better because it was more deceptive, you could do more with it.

contempt for the degradation of specialization and pedantry. Specialization develops only part of a man; a man partially developed is deformed.

Psychiatry is a pseudoscience.... You don't know the history of psychiatry. I do...Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt, you don't even -you're glib. You don't even know what Ritalin is.

The best thing about television news is, it's immediate. Everything at a news network happens quickly.

The Poet binds together by passion and knowledge the vast empire of human society.