I could wish for nothing more than to die for a childish dream in which I truly believed.

A man sometimes devotes his life to a desire which he is not sure will ever be fulfilled. Those who laugh at this folly are, after all, no more than mere spectators of life.

Yes -- or rather, it's not so much that I want to die as that I'm tired of living.

It is unfortunate for the gods that, unlike us, they cannot commit suicide.

Isn't there someone kind enough to come strangle me in my sleep?

..he understood far more deeply than anyone else the loneliness that lurked beneath his jaunty mask.

I don't have the strength to keep writing this. To go on living with this feeling is painful beyond description. Isn't there someone kind enough to strangle me in my sleep?

I have no conscience at all -- least of all an artistic conscience. All I have is nerves.

As you can imagine, those who had fallen this far had been so worn down by their tortures in the seven other hells that they no longer had the strength to cry out.

I have heard unsavory rumors about you and the umbrella-maker's daughter

It's not so much that I want to die as that I'm tired of living.

Soulful healing asks, while you are healing your body with herbs from Earth, that you look for the meaning in what is happening within your body as it relates to your whole being.

Gravity is matter’s sugar daddy.

For a long time the human instinct to understand was thwarted by facile religious explanations.

The best way to get rid of the pain is to feel the pain. And when you feel the pain and go beyond it, you'll see there's a very intense love that is wanting to awaken itself.

So from an actor's perspective, you really have no idea how you're acting.

Of the two, I would think of my work as closer to Science Fiction than Fantasy.

You let their friendship continue because Maisie looks after your son while you're gallivanting around the country disguised as Sherlock Holmes" - Uncle Paton Yewbeam

I'd rather not have a moment when I'm known for my looks; being funny and interesting lasts longer.

Easy writing's curst hard reading.

In my mum's day, you needed to be beautiful for a very short time to catch your man. It didn't start at six and go on until you're 75, right?