I shall continue to exist. I may assume other disguises, other forms, but I shall try to exist.

Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.

And the rest is rust and stardust.

Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.

Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars.

Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.

The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.

I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.

Loneliness as a situation can be corrected, but as a state of mind it is an incurable illness.

Did you ever stand on a street corner in American at five o'clock in the morning?

You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts: nothing else will ever be of any service to them. Stick to Facts, sir!

No eye to watch, and no tongue to wound us, All earth forgot, and all heaven around us.

The highest heels I do are six-inch heels - but mostly only dancers can wear them, since they are used to being on point in ballet shoes. Their feet are arched.

It's not enough to rage against the lie.. you've got to replace it with the truth.

Men are ready to suffer anything from others or from heaven itself, provided that, when it comes to words, they are untouched.

When you have to deal with a beast, you have to treat him as a beast. It is most regrettable but nevertheless true.

I was never a 'sit down with a notepad and write lyrics' kind of person.

Nothing outside of ourselves will ever make us happy, because happiness is an inside-out experience.

I believe a radiant, light-filled tomorrow should be normal to the experience of living.