I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of vertigo.

Ever Tried. Ever Failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

There's never an end for the sea.

Don't look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences.

The creation of the world did not take place once and for all time, but takes place every day.

If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not love you I shall not love.

If you don't know where you are currently standing, you're dead.

Nothing is more real than nothing.

You're on Earth. There's no cure for that.

I tried to groan, Help! Help! But the tone that came out was that of polite conversation.

Dear incomprehension, it's thanks to you I'll be myself, in the end.

Perhaps she was just looking for love in the wrong places. In all the safe places. What if love was not safe at all?

There's an unseen force which lets birds know when you've just washed your car.

I remain just one thing, and one thing only - and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.

My parents always pushed creativity on us, but they made it seem like the fun thing to do.

It's so hard to actually get the money to make your movie. When you actually have the chance to do it, you have to be absolutely ruthless in order to make the best movie you can make.

Freaks, they are very prejudiced. You have to have your hair long and talk in a certain way in order to be with them. In order to be the other way you have to have your hair short and wear ties.

I can't even say I've begun yet, but I'm trying on the idea that there is a book in my future.

Language cannot say everything, fortunately.

Money is never to be squandered or spent ostentatiously. Some of the greatest people in history have lived lives of the greatest simplicity. Remember it's the you inside that counts.

Make certain decisions only once.