I do not believe that a dream should necessarily be taken for reality, or reality for madness.

His work seems to confirm my old axiom: it is useless to try to keep the whole body alive.

The influence of the future on the past, " said Morel enthusiastically, almost inaudibly.

...when one is alone it is impossible to be dead.

I dreaded an invasion of ghosts or, less likely, an invasion of the police.

Doing what you wanted to do was the only training, and the only preliminary, needed for doing more of what you wanted to do.

When you change what you believe, you change what you do... which changes what you get.

Look, the thing that's going to make Disneyland unique and different, ' he insisted, 'is the detail. If we loose the detail, we loose it all.

The ultimate truth is mystical truth, the ultimate reality is sacred chaos.

Never was a faithful prayer lost. Some prayers have a longer voyage than others but then they return with their richer lading at last so that the praying soul is a gainer by waiting for an answer.

I'm having a great time. I get to travel and see the world. And yeah, I'll have a family, because I don't want to miss out on that amazing experience, but it's not defining who I am.

I've always loved the pomp and circumstance of dressing up; the pagenatry and all of the glamour of Hollywood.

It is an excellent rule to be observed in all disputes, that men should give soft words and hard arguments; that they should not so much strive to vex as to convince each other.

Depression as one example is an illness that has a chemical basis, but also is deeply embedded in cultural norms about gender, social class, race.

You simply collapsed, sir. In layman's terms, your body revoked its permission for you to continue heaping abuse upon it.