Most people are boring and stupid.

I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else.

If a man treats life artistically, his brain is his heart.

What fire does not destroy, it hardens

All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Love is the music of the heart, which you can feel but can't hear.

I was supposed to be women's lib, and now I'd exceeded it and gone over into international politics.

I'd much rather go out and have music randomly presented to me by different DJs than stay home and discover it on my own.

It would be a better world if everyone in it knew all the truth about everything.

Your financial success is directly related to the size of the problem you solve for other people (solve BIG problems and you'll make BIG money).

No, I'm not a comic book guy. I'm pretty fascinated with the subculture though and I do think that the world of comic books is such a natural transition into film.

In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75

Here in Australia we do get impacted by global economic events. But we should have some confidence that our economy has got strong underlying fundamentals.

I liked tap, because I liked hearing the results of my movements.

Doing nothing makes us crazy. But freedom comes when you don't have to work.