Religions tend to disappear with man's good fortune.

Being or nothing, that is the question. Ascending, descending, coming, going, a man does so much that in the end he disappears.

There have been only rare moments in history where individual histories were able to run their course without wars or revolutions.

Man's usual routine is to work and to dream and work and dream.

The Odyssey is the story of someone who, in the course of diverse experiences, acquires a personality or affirms and recovers his personality.

The Iliad is the private lives of people thrown into disorder by history.

To have one's own story told by a third party who doesn't know that the character in question is himself the hero of the story being told, that's a technical refinement.

When Ulysses hears his own story sung by an epic poet and then he reveals his identity and the poet wants to continue singing, Ulysses isn't interested any longer. That's very astonishing.

A very great Iliad... concerns the creation of a nation.

All confessions are Odysseys.

It is the creator of fiction's point of view; it is the character who interests him. Sometimes he wants to convince the reader that the story he is telling is as interesting as universal history.

Living without a purpose is like life without oxygen

We are always telling stories to ourselves, about ourselves...But we can control those stories...I believe that! Events in our life have meaning because we choose to give it to them

Quiet love is better than loud hate.

After moral poisoning, one requires physical remedies and a bottle of champagne.

When shooting in the dark, it is a good idea to use a machine gun.

Be sure to take the lens cap off before photographing.

I'm really more prolific than most stand-ups. My act changes. I do fold in new experiences, new observations, whatever you want to call it.

Dancing is moving to the music without stepping on anyone's toes, pretty much the same as life.

One man’s “ugly” is another man’s “beautiful.

In the practice of Yoga one can emphasize the body, the mind or the self and hence the effort can never be fruitless.