Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given you. I believe the greatest characteristic of genius, is, above all, force.

Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.

Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.

I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.

It seems to me that I have always existed and that I possess memories that date back to the Pharaohs.

Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant.

Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.

A man is a critic when he cannot be an artist, in the same way that a man becomes an informer when he cannot be a soldier.

I tried to discover, in the rumor of forests and waves, words that other men could not hear, and I pricked up my ears to listen to the revelation of their harmony.

There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

I've often mused over the idea that madness is actually a sane reaction to an insane world.

I imagine, therefore I am.

No matter the level of opposition from external forces, whoever God has elevated, will definitely stay elevated.

And may I live the remainder of my life ... for myself may there be plenty of books and many years' store of the fruits of the earth!

That is the point of quotations. One can use another's words to be insulting.

We wanted the book [Paper Girls] to feel to evoke the '80s, but not necessarily feel that it was drawn then.

All great sci-fi is: Be careful what you wish for.

The IIFA Weekend has my unprecedented support. The relationship between India and the UK is long standing and one we would like to keep developing forever.

The tattoo of the History is permanent; once a nation or a man is marked by this tattoo, erasing is impossible.

When scoring a film, empathy is the key. And it is just as important to use music to express the actors' emotions as it is to move the audience.