On one side, the mass of a mountain. A life I know. On the other, the universe of the clouds, so full of unknown that it seems empty to us. Too much space.

I don't have a career, I have a life. Don't think of a career, think about your passion and look for inspiration.

It's impossible, that's for sure. So let's start working.

You must not fall. / When you lose your balance, resist for a long time before turning yourself toward the earth. Then jump. / You must not force yourself to stay steady. You must move forward.

Whenever other worlds invite us, whenever we are balancing on the boundaries of our limited human condition, that’s where life starts, that’s where you start feeling yourself living.

Limits exist only in the souls of those who do not dream.

I focus, I invent, I transform, I challenge, I attempt, I observe, I perform.

Passion is the model of all my actions.

When you are a young person, the world is yours. You can do the impossible.

I know it's impossible. But I know I'll do it!

Why does almost every ad agency in the world set the time on a watch at 10:10 before photographing it?

Are your convictions so fragile that mine cannot stand in opposition to them? Is your God so illusory that the presence of my Devil reveals his insufficiency?

There are no mistakes, save one: the failure to learn from a mistake.

The more necessary anything appears to my mind, the most certain it is that I only assert a limitation.

Be honest in your music.

I think my cheerfulness keeps my writing from sinking into the depths of melancholy, while the darker side keeps in check any literary silliness I might be inclined toward.

No gun is perfectly true. So the marksman, that he may hit the bull's-eye, points elsewhere.

The incessant anxiety and strain of some is a well-nigh incurable form of disease. We are made to exaggerate the importance of what we do; and yet how much is not done by us!

Manchester's got everything except a beach.

A lot has been written about the merits and problems with detox but it is definitely worth it overall.

I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.