I have expressed some ideas that point to the center; I have saluted the dawn in my way, from my point of view. He who knows the way should do the same, in his way, and from his point of view.

Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.

Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind should be found in the philosopher.

Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy.

Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written against the ancients as yet; especially not against their poetry.

Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.

Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form.

Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means of sensual titillation.

The main thing is to know something and to say it.

When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called polemics.

A priest is he who lives solely in the realm of the invisible, for whom all that is visible has only the truth of an allegory.

If you're going into a very dark place, then you should take a bright light, and shine it on everything. If you don't want to see, why in God's name would you dare the dark at all?

Writing is a solitary occupation, except for Presidential speeches and sitcoms.

I haven't done the things I've done to be in a sitcom.

I don't think you ever really know what all you're doing, so you have to act on faith.

World events are the work of individuals whose motives are often frivolous, even casual.

Our opinions do not really blossom into fruition until we have expressed them to someone else.

Garbage clutters the house that has no dream.

Over the years, you grow up, you mature and you see things in a different way, and it's reflected in the writing.

I hate when you see a film and after one scene you know what's going to happen and you can predict the whole story.

When I hear of Schrödinger's cat, I reach for my pistol.