I don't like to meddle in my private affairs.

The streets of Vienna are paved with culture, the streets of other cities with asphalt.

Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays.

Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.

I had a terrible vision: I saw an encyclopedia walk up to a polymath and open him up.

The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order has stood every test.

An aphorism is never exactly true; it is either a half-truth or one-and-a-half truths.

A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.

Newspapers have roughly the same relationship to life as fortune-tellers to metaphysics.

Christianity has enriched the erotic meal with the appetizer of curiosity and spoiled it with the dessert of remorse.

The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are.

The brush must draw by itself. This cannot happen if one does not practice constantly. But neither can it happen if one makes an effort.

I was born with a fierce need for independence.

Maybe one day there will finally be an education for electronic music.

There's issue of a corrupt campaign finance system, where big money interests and Wall Street are trying to buy elections.Those are the issues that are resonating.

God is not an optional extra, He's an absolute must!

a poet will even face death when he sees his people oppressed.

I treat any scene the same - dialogue, action - you're still creating something in character. It's all acting, fighting.

The question isn't, 'What do we want to know about people?', It's, 'What do people want to tell about themselves?'

Forever continue to love, heal and educate the children. The future shines on them.

You cannot have dignity or social justice or freedom without women.