It's only worth staying in bed if you're young and in good company.

Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.

somethings can only be seen in the shadows

Barcelona is a very old city in which you can feel the weight of history; it is haunted by history. You cannot walk around it without perceiving it.

All true stories begin and end in a cemetery" - The Shadow of the Wind

Every labyrinth has its minotaur

The haunting of history is ever present in Barcelona. I see cities as organisms, as living creatures. To me, Madrid is a man and Barcelona is a woman. And its a woman whos extremely vain.

A good liar knows that the most efficient lie is always a truth that has had a key piece removed from it.

Waiting is the rust of the soul.

Sometimes we think people are like lottery tickets, that they're there to make our most absurd dreams come true.

One mustn't dream of one's future; one must earn it.

Knowledge, you may get from books but wisdom is trapped within you, release it.

Sometimes the only way to win is not to play the game.

Even if I did have, you know, a 'Sports Illustrated' body, I'd still wear elegant clothes.

In his prime, the young comic walked onto a stage with the confidence of a man who owned it, and by the time he walked off, he did.

And like lambs to a slaughter we shall follow.

We have to use our freedoms and privileges to see what respite we can give to those less equipped to deal with their challenges.

I did a 'Golden Girls' once, which shot in front of an audience, and that went well. I had a good time. But I need an audience, for comedy at least.

I have learned that neither kindness or cruelty by themselves, or independent of each other, create any effect beyond themselves.

Lust is the craving for salt of a man who is dying of thirst.

That was when the Spanish came in and conquered the Aztecs. I thought that was a clever thing.