Life was beautiful, but it was also painful. People fail, a few get up, but there’s never a guarantee that their second attempt will work out.

We pay a heavy, very heavy price for the superhuman dignity of our calling. The ridiculous is always so near to the sublime. And the world, usually so indulgent to foibles, hates ours instinctively.

I will show you the path to the spirit world.

Art is like ham-it nourishes people.

I was so afraid to feel free to enjoy my own life if my mother was sick and suffering everyday of her's. I didn't think I had the right.

I've never left for New York. I've stood my ground here my whole career and hopefully will be able to until the day that I die.

A man who tells secrets or stories must think of who is hearing or reading, for a story has as many versions as it has readers.

I had a dream I can buy my way to heaven.

II know a little about Greek mythology. It's not that far away from the Nordic mythology.

Who would not rather be the sufferer than the defrauder?

I knew a lot about what I did when I was 20. I had read a lot, and I aspired to learn everything I could about the subject.