I do not look at myself. I have given up myself. I had to, you know, after the murder. That was what it did for me. And that was how everything began

A sum can be put right: but only by going back till you find the error and working it afresh from that point, never by simply going on.

No people find each other more absurd than lovers

Every natural love will rise again and live forever in this country: but none will rise again until it has been buried.

Good, as it ripens, becomes continually more different not only from evil but from other good.

The false religion of lust is baser than the false religion of mother-love or patriotism or art: but lust is less likely to be made into a religion.

I wish I had never been born, " she said. "What are we born for?" "For infinite happiness, " said the Spirit. "You can step out into it at any moment...

Ye cannot know eternal reality by a definition.

I shrank from the faces and forms by which I was surrounded. They were all fixed faces, full not of possibilities but impossibilities,

Being a writer is a more difficult job than people imagine.

Destruction is as valid an artistic statement as construction. Both statements echo the model of the society we live in. The only invalid art is utopian

In a negotiation, we must find a solution that pleases everyone, because no one accepts that they must lose and that the other must win... Both must win!

In a good play, everyone is in the right.

Nirvana's not like anything you've ever known or experienced because it can't be known or experienced.

One may not reach the dawn save by the path of the night.

Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes. Elves seldom give unguarded advice, for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.

For stage wear and gowns, Julien McDonald, who is a friend of mine. I love that he can be totally over the top for stage wear!

I was very surprised how many people were earnestly reminiscing about the '80s. It's such a stupid thing to do, like, to be honestly invested in nostalgia. It never even occurred to me to do that.

I say the whole earth and all the stars in the sky are for religion's sake.