Sartre turns love into a ‘battle between two hypnotists in a closed room’.

It is not enough that I succeed, everyone else must fail.

Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.

A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.

We can only learn to love by loving.

Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wavelength of ours all they hear is a continuous scream.

We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.

He was a sociologist; he had got into an intellectual muddle early on in life and never managed to get out.

Our actions are like ships which we may watch set out to sea, and not know when or with what cargo they will return to port.

The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart.

I feel half faded away like some figure in the background of an old picture.

Gentleman: one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

People talk about love and it seems like a cliche but it's a real thing - the more love we spread around the world the more it's going to change lives.

He who does not enjoy his own company is usually right.

I'll stick with you baby for a thousand years.

Mine is really - Ziggy Stardust, characters, "Let's Dance." That's me in the American.

As far as I can judge, not much good can be done without disturbing something or somebody.

Great contests generally excite great animosities.

People want to hear clean sounds; they don't want to hear coughing in the background, pages turning.

Forget about realizing shunyata and going on the different bhumis and all this. Just stay in the moment, stay aware, be kind and try to improve your mind.

When you don't understand something it's always OK to ask questions. That's really the mentality that I've had.