I write not to record what I think but to discover what I think

All the things we achieve are things we have first of all imagined.

I might grow old in Brisbane, but I would never grow up.

Silence is a form of communication. Speech divides us.

We’re such contrary creatures

Words his soul danced to.

We are continuous with all the particles of our physical being, as in our breathing we are continuous with the sky. Between our bodies and the world there is unity and commerce.

What else is death but the refusal any longer to grow and suffer change?

With all those prizes the most interesting thing is getting on to the shortlist, because that tells you who people see as your peers.

Words are powerful. They too can be the agents of what is new, of what is conceivable and can be thought and let loose upon the world.

So these things happen, deep in our lives. We do not speak of them. We hide them even from ourselves, but they do not leave us.

Keep to your precious honor. Rather die than sully it. There is only honor in a man's life and the rest is meaningless gibberish.

If I was doing a talk show, I would do the kind of show that comes on just once a month, with amazing guests.

The flowers anew, returning seasons bring; but beauty faded has no second spring.

I don't even want to discuss Flashdance. I'm no critic, but that's an interesting phenomenon, that picture.

We're trying to impress ourselves in a way. That's why we keep trying to do things better... we never get satisfied.

As meditation flowers, you find that on one hand truth has revealed to you all its mysteries and on the other blissfulness is showering all its treasures on you.

What you aim for, as an actor, is to be able to play a range of different roles.

Down cycles are not fun. But they form the basis for enormous future profitability

The 21st century will not be about the battle between capitalism and socialism but between the forces of progress and the forces of conservatism.

Young people, who are still uncertain of their identity, often try on a succession of masks in the hope of finding the one which suits them - the one, in fact, which is not a mask.