I went out under the sky, Muse! and I was your vassal.

I turned silences and nights into words. What was unutterable, I wrote down. I made the whirling world stand still.

A thousand Dreams within me softly burn

Come from forever, and you will go everywhere.

The only unbearable thing is that nothing is unbearable.

Life is the farce which everyone has to perform.

True alchemy lies in this formula: ‘Your memory and your senses are but the nourishment of your creative impulse’.

Only divine love bestows the keys of knowledge.

Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.

Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life.

Je est un autre. (I is someone else).

A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it.

Love is a two-way street, but not everyone deserves a license.

If parents were as concerened about raising their children as they are about the outcome of their sitcom or sports game, this nation would thrive.

savorwith methe lushnessof a lingering sleep...and last night’sdream.

Graffiti's always been a temporary art form. You make your mark and then they scrub it off.

Deception is a tactic: use it. Do whatever it takes to win.

My African roots made me what I am today. They're the reason I exist at all.

All this angst, all this stuff we all feel, is just tied to making art. It's so ancient.

Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is not true.

Sleep is death's younger brother, and so like him, that I never dare trust him without my prayers.