I would like to be a philosopher in ancient Athens and a poet in ancient China.

The moon in all her immaculate purity hung in the sky, laughing at this world of dust. She congratulated me for my carefully considered maneuvers and invited me to share in her eternal solitude.

I splash my head with ice-cold water and turn to face the mirror. When my image appears I instinctively look away. Is there a truth on the other side that we do not want to see?

I envied these women I saw before me, their beauty still intact. Life has its revenge of life. Untimely death is the secret of eternal youth.

Happiness is something you lay siege to, it is a battle like a game of go. I will take hold of all the pain and snuff it out.

Heroes are damned. No mortal conquers Death.

I talk to trees and animals. We have interesting conversations about food, weather, and love. They sometimes can predict the future.

Politicians are better liars than writers.

Years have passed and how I am anxiously watching the twilight of my childhood, quietly sinking, never to rise again.

would you dare to love me?

I succeeded in using my charms like a weapon; I learned to play with other's hearts and to master my own desires.

Christ commands his people to love their enemies, because if not, that would rule out pretty much the entire world.

Why don’t you focus on where you’re going and less on where you came from?

The demonic love the taste of little girls.

There is much in the world to make us afraid. There is much more in our faith to make us unafraid.

I had a birthday one night on a farm we were shooting on. I walked into the tent, and there were 150 people waiting for me, all wearing masks of my face.

For me making a digital photo is like making a watercolor... It's not a painting, and it's not a photo. It's something altogether new.

If I give up the viewpoint of action, my perfect nakedness is revealed to me.

Only your mother could find you attractive, and only your mother could love you.

I think pushing the ideas is important. I wouldn't say it's more important than action. You can't really separate the two.

I loved the process of writing.