I hold that a long poem does not exist. I maintain that the phrase, "a long poem," is simply a flat contradiction in terms.

The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

There is no beauty without some strangeness

All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.

The believer is happy. The doubter is wise.

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

Years of love have been forgot, In the hatred of a minute.

And so, being young and dipt in folly, I fell in love with melancholy.

I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind.

They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.

There has never been a meaningful life built on easy street.

He who conquers others is strong he who conquers himself is mighty.

I'm in a business where no one cares about anything except how well your last collection sold.

Modesty is hardly to be described as a virtue. It is a feeling rather than a disposition. It is a kind of fear of falling into disrepute.

For those of us who write, it is necessary to scrutinize not only the truth of what we speak, but the truth of that language by which we speak it.

I don't love the word luxury because it feels Bougy to me.

If everyone sweeps before his own front door, then the street is clean.

I feel like I'm a filmmaker; I don't feel I need to yell 'action' and 'cut.'

The reason I always insisted on signing my work was not to be subordinate to anyone.

A pre-putt routine helps you stay nice and relaxed so you can make the best stroke possible.