I never wanted to be prominent enough to have enemies.

I wonder whether there is such a thing as a sense of individuality. Is it all a facade, covering a deep need to belong? Are we simply pack animals desperately trying to pretend we are not?

I believe one has to escape oneself to discover oneself.

...What happens is of little significance compared with the stories we tell ourselves about what happens. Events matter little, only stories of events affect us.

I wonder if being sane means disregarding the chaos that is life, pretending only an infinitesimal segment of it is reality.

The eye always fills in the imperfections.

I long ago abandoned myself to a blind lust for the written word. Literature is my sandbox. In it I play, build my forts and castles, spend glorious time.

What is the purpose of a city if not to grant the greatest of gifts, anonymity?

There are two kinds of people in this world: people who want to be desired, and people who want to be desired so much that they pretend they don't.

I'm an atheist, a devout atheist, but I find religion fascinating. Primarily because of cultural references, as in: This is what we grew up with. Both on a personal level and a collective level.

For someone like me and my generation, you had to speak French to be sophisticated, you had to be lighter-skinned.

Our hearts, the war.Her body, the battlefield.

Biking and love do not make sense without your personal experience

It's not that I'm not grateful for all this attention. It's just that fame and fortune ought to add up to more than fame and fortune.

What I miss the most is chatting with my friends and family and having a good laugh over a simple meal.

We must act swiftly in order to halt the rate of decay our planet faces.

I get the worst compliments all the time. 'Oh you're Asian? I love orange chicken.'

When I was fighting Tyrell Biggs, Tyson was telling me at ringside to hit him to the ribs. We always had a mutual respect for each other since we sparred those early times. We got that over with.

My disability has opened my eyes to see my true abilities.

The fact that Hitler was a political genius unmasks the nature of politics in general as no other fact can.