If we had the right words, if we had the language, we would need no weapons.

I am writing with my burnt hand about the nature of fire.

For the facts that make up the world need the non-factual as a vantage point from which to be perceived.

I don't take drugs, I take books.

With the aid of a minute correction - that of the dispersing lens - in a gold frame perched on her nose, Miranda can see into hell.

Elisabeth had not had her future and her parents had not had theirs, there was nothing to this so-called future which was always promised to the young.

The facts that make the world real-- these depend on the unreal in order to be recognised by it.

Miranda doesn't dream, she simply rests. When Miranda's eyes are at ease, her mind is at peace.

No new world without a new language.

...the simple task of getting dressed and undressed was a real strain, but nothing could compare with her addiction to deep sleep...

Sometimes you must do crazy things to discover the life beyond your life, to enter the unknown zone beyond your known zone!

There is a point in every young person's life when you realize that the youth that you've progressed through and graduate to some sort of adulthood is equally as messed up as where you're going.

Technology gives us the facilities that lessen the barriers of time and distance - the telegraph and cable, the telephone, radio, and the rest.

My function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done.

My aim as a frontman is always to try and shrink the venue, if you can, to turn that football stadium into the world's smallest club. At least you have to try.

I'm painting so much that I don't listen to much music. Because music is another creative outlet, it's a huge distraction for me when I paint.

I like doing arts and crafts, so I would probably go to one of those fun little ceramic places and go paint some plates and do something fun like that

Theories that go counter to the facts of human nature are foredoomed.

Mediocrity is underrated.

I dream of a world liberated of all diseases. Ignorance also upsets me a lot. How can one calmly look at the pictures from Rwanda and not instantly want to take action and try to ease the suffering?