O, teach me how you look, and with what art You sway the motion of Demetrius' heart."-Helena

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

It is not in our stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

The Eyes are the window to your soul

What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

Philosophy is one reason which could lead to death.

The writing begins when you've finished. Only then do you know what you're trying to say.

In so far as he is a creator, the artist does not belong to a social group already moulded by a culture, but to a culture which he is by way of building up.

Make tawba not just for sins you've committed, but also for obligations you haven't fulfilled.

You never increase in anything you resent.

In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how many can get through to you.

I'm sure nobody wants to just work and earn money and all that stuff. I know it's difficult for people to break out of the syndrome, doing a normal job.

Quality has to be caused, not controlled.

Me growing up in the '60s and '70s, there was almost something romantic about drugs, Keith Richards taking drugs and stuff.

In a way, I think Roxy Music is high camp, in a brilliant way.