Mnemosyne, one must admit, has shown herself to be a very careless girl.

Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.

And the rest is rust and stardust.

Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.

Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars.

Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.

The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.

I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.

Loneliness as a situation can be corrected, but as a state of mind it is an incurable illness.

You can never deplete your love by giving it away. Why not give yourself to love?

Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my mistress. When I get fed up with one, I spend the night with the other

Some Wishes won't become true But will lead you to the ultimate Truth

Everybody is different. Everybody has different styles. Just do it the best way you know how.

Love is all around you like the air, and is the very breath of your being.

Quarterbacks need to make their team better. If it's a bad team, they can even make a bad team better.

I always did each show for about two years. So if you play the music, it just comes back to me.

Forget yourself! Think courage.

Violence is what happens when we don't know what else to do with our suffering.

The music takes over the words and makes them speak to me in another language.