Leaving the rat race is easy. All you have to do is quit your job, sell your house, and go and live in a tent in the middle of nowhere. It’s staying out of the rat race that’s tricky.

As the daydreams grew longer, the distinction between what was real and what was imaginary grew less. Soon I existed in a blissful world of my own creation.

There’s merit in being different, inspiration in being individual, courage in being unique, and freedom in being yourself.

Reality is in the ether, a blend of present-day experiences infused with one’s memories and dreams. A life that is real to one is surreal to another.

Reality is just a matter of perception.

Individuality and creativity are slowly dampened by a normal job with normal people.

The greatest moments of creativity come in absolute solitude, when one’s mind is free from distraction and able to probe the depths of the impossible.

Doing nothing can be as rewarding as doing something. And doing very little can be as productive, in a creative sense, as doing a lot.

Time is not something to be killed. Doing so suffocates a part of us, writing off part of our life that could, or rather should, be spent doing something meaningful.

I keep on dreaming, but to find freedom, one must first search inwards.

Time alone helps us to remember who we are.

He's made me believe I'm worth love of the liquid kind, you know, the kind that seeps to all my damaged parts.

Don’t be selfish in life

Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from the things she found in gift shops.

The enemies of Freedom do not argue they shout and they shoot.

I think that overall, the position - on a whole host of issues - should always be toward inclusion and equality.

What he needs now is to love and have that love returned.

I only like sports that Bond villains played.

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.

Progress, the religion of those who have none.

You look so blindingly cute right now, I feel like I need to make a pinhole in a piece of paper just to look at you.