If we go for the easy way, then we never change.

The function of the artist in a disturbed society is to give awareness of the universe, to ask the right questions, and to elevate the mind.

I think communication starts when words are not present at all ... I think we put so much emphasis on language, actually silence is so much more important.

Theatre is fake... The knife is not real, the blood is not real, and the emotions are not real. Performance is just the opposite: the knife is real, the blood is real, and the emotions are real.

Because we never stop silently loving those who we once loved out loud

I am only interested in the ideas that become obsessive and make me feel uneasy. The ideas that I'm afraid of.

True love for whatever you are doing is the answer to everything.

A great artist has to be ready to fail.

Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity.

When you have so much pain, you think you will lose consciousness. If you say to yourself, ‘So what, lose consciousness,’ the pain goes away.

Don't even ask me why. I do not know, I have no answer to this insane behaviour.

I am a selfish, conceited, impudent little animal, it is true, but, after all, I am only one grand conglomeration of Wanting…

They went into stores to get food to stay alive. Looting isn't the right word. I call it survival.

You know, God has a plan for me, and I'm going to follow in his footsteps and just rejoice and be happy.

We know the particular poem, not what it says that we can restate.

Introspection is a devouring monster.

Sometimes you succeed and sometimes you don't.

There are some faults which, when well managed, make a greater figure than virtue itself.

Men such as they are, very naturally seek money or power; and power because it is as good as money.

I'd rather [the collection] have no title. Journalists like titles. That's why I give them to you.

My old man is a man of few words.