I guess that as life is speeded up and our capacity for concentration is being nibbled away at by all the obvious things, that leads us actually to be more susceptible to boredom.

Have regrets. They are fuel. On the page they flare into desire.

The ideal is to feel at home anywhere, everywhere.

One's happiness is very largely a question of state of mind rather than the world you are looking at.

Nine times out of 10, the most charming thing to say in any given situation will be the exact opposite of what one really feels.

To be interested in something is to be involved in what is essentially a stressful relationship with that thing, to suffer anxiety on its behalf.

All the best essays are epistemological journeys from ignorance or curiosity to knowledge.

Life is bearable even when it's unbearable: that is what's so terrible, that is the unbearable thing about it.

Quite often, ambition operates on a level of irritation. Not even jealousy, just irritation.

When you are lonely, writing can keep you company. It is also a form of self-compensation, a way of making up for things—as opposed to making things up—that did not quite happen.

If you help them (the crew) create good memories, they'll forget all the bad stuff

I am not a human being but the song of the soul and dance of the spirit.

And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

Always have one possibility in mind and that is to go to the top, to be the best. Everything else should just be a means to that end.

Everything is a process... some of our eating habits consist of things we can't change, but if we modify it a little and put some exercise in there, we can really make a difference.

Money lost-nothing lost, Health lost-little lost, Spirit lost-everything lost.

Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted abortions.

The chief attraction of military service has consisted and will consist in this compulsory and irreproachable idleness.

Jesus will empty the tombs and melt the winter of death.

I don't develop; I am.

Short film: you can be poetic and you don't have to answer anything. You can make whatever you want. You have creative freedom with short film.