I think it is the responsibility of a citizen of any country to say what he thinks.

One is and is not in the centre of the maelstrom of it all.

There are some things one remembers even though they may never have happened.

All that happens is that the destruction of human beings - unless they're Americans - is called collateral damage.

The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend you remember.

Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you ... at any time.

Good writing excites me, and makes life worth living.

I don't think there's been any writer like Samuel Beckett. He's unique. He was a most charming man and I used to send him my plays.

I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate.

Don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?

This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I was so struck by this statement.

Life is not about tomorrow. Life is about living your fullest today.

Typography is the craft of endowing human language with a durable visual form.

A house built on lies has a weak foundation.

The shame of living extends its tentacles around my dreams.

Truly nothing is to be expected except for the unexpected.

I'm a painter, I'm an artist. I take things too far sometimes. I really need some comfort.

Macauley Culkin was on the show a lot. Or Haley Joe Osment.

I don't know how you would live in the world of Angelina Jolie or Jennifer Aniston and being stalked. It's just brutal.

It's silly to build a wall around your interests.

Like a dull actor now, I have forgot my part, and I am out, Even to a full disgrace.