If I didn't think you were the devil, I'd say you'd be able to seduce even him.

In the realm of ideas, everything depends on enthusiasm. ... In the real world, all rests on perseverance.

I hope that anyone I worked with wouldn't exploit our relationship.

No one knows how hard one works.

If the times aren't ripe, you have to ripen the times.

In order to have friends, you must first be one.

The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.

I'll always have to force myself to see the positive, because I'm wired badly, I'd say. I'm just naturally a bit under, a bit depressed.

As I swim through the summer tide of vulgarity, I find that's what I'm looking for: Movies that at least feel affection for their characters. Raunchy is OK. Cruel is not.

Religious power, which, as I have already said, frequently identifies itself with political power, has always been a protagonist of this bitter struggle, even when it seemingly was neutral.

Out of frustration, you do drugs when you can't write. On occasion that might work, but usually what happens is that once you've had on drink, you just want another drink.