Oh, what darkness does great prosperity cast over our minds!

Life is divided into three parts: what was, what is and what shall be. Of these three periods, the present is short, the future is doubtful and the past alone is certain.

It takes all of our life to learn how to live, and – something that may surprise you more – it takes just as long to learn how to die.

Sorrowers tend to avoid what they are most fond of and try to give vent to their grief.

Only a mind that is deeply stirred can utter something noble and beyond the power of others.

...it is more civilized to make fun of life than to bewail it.

Why do you look like that, Duane?""Like what, Cletus?""Like your heart is diseased.

I used to do design before I was actually rapping. I went to art and design high school.

Aphorisms are bad for novels. They stick in the reader's teeth.

There's something scary about the unknown. And maybe the scariest movies couldn't ever be made because they are too deep in somebody's head, too unknown to get out.

When you depend on another's perceptions to match your expectations, you're setting yourself up for disappointment.

I don't work this hard just to be the best player. I do it to win.

The ultimate condition of production is therefore the reproduction of the conditions of production

When I'm on my deathbed, I'll hopefully be able to count more friends than parts that I had.

I love good and pleasure, I hate evil and pain, I want to be happy and I am not mistaken in believing, that people, angels and even demons have those same inclinations.

It would drive the photographers crazy because I would giggle and tell jokes. I was gregarious, and looking back, I realize I had a captive audience.