I defend both the freedom of expression and society's right to counter it. I must pay the price for differing. It is the natural way of things.

Home is not where you were born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease.

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.

Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life.

I found myself in a sea in which the waves of joy and sorrow were clashing against each other.

I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while.

You know what I'm afraid of? That God is sick of us.

Visit me once each year, for it's wrong to abandon people forever.

Nothing records the effects of a sad life so graphically as the human body.

The calendar has a magic that makes us imagine a memory can be resurrected and revived, but nothing returns.

The real malady is fear of life, not of death

His heart beat so rapidly it might burst

Where is your angel now?

For me it's the same thing if the fans boo or not, because my role is the villain. I'm happy when you clap me though.

It's really hard to take that step-not only do I believe in something, I believe in it enough that I'm willing to set my own life on fire and burn it to the ground.

Even among the married, sexual satisfaction must not be sought in a way which disregards man's character as a person and degrades him to the animal level.

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.

Do you know what amazes me more than anything else? The impotence of force to organize anything.

If I Separated Myself From You . . . I Would Turn Entirely Thorn!

There's really kind of nobody we can trust.

I used to hate flying. I would sit there, rigid, convinced that if I relaxed, the plane would drop out of the sky.