Men always look differently at women, even if it's not your intention it is wrongly interpreted as such.

Dreams are more real than reality itself, they're closer to the self.

Writing eases my suffering . . . writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.

Walk where your heart leads you, there are no restrictions and no burdens.

If you want to do anything, do it now, without compromise or concession, because you have only one life.

Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.

Loneliness is a prerequisite for freedom. Freedom depends on the ability to reflect, and reflection can only begin when one is alone.

It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth.

Love is so holy, so confusing. It makes a man anxious, tormented. Love, how can I define it?

I don't want to be a strong hero who can save society. I just want to save myself.

For me, writing [was] a question of survival...I could not trust anyone, even my family. The atmosphere was so poisoned. People even in your own family could turn you in.

That was interesting." "He deliberately countermanded one of my orders." "He was furtive." "Sneaky, even." "We'll make a Rebellion-style pilot of him yet." Tycho & Wedge (about Jag)

When I learned to switch jealousy for admiration, it unblocked a lot of things.

There's some things there that you just have to draw the line. Some people are just not going to like it. We would hope that everybody would like it.

Oh, that ludicrous virile earnestness!

My real name is Amethyst. It sounds like a stage name. My mom is kind of crazy.

Words are a form of action, capable of influencing change.

True success comes only when every generation continues to develop the next generation.

Anti-drug fanatics and cops are the criminals - it's like McCarthyism. They need someone to dislike to distract the public from the really important problems.

Obviously, after every film you do, you wonder what youre going to do next.

In no sense do I advocate evading or defying the law . . That would lead to anarchy.