Since the day man first tried to conquer space, the earth has been mobilizing.

The streets of Vienna are paved with culture, the streets of other cities with asphalt.

Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays.

Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.

I had a terrible vision: I saw an encyclopedia walk up to a polymath and open him up.

The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order has stood every test.

An aphorism is never exactly true; it is either a half-truth or one-and-a-half truths.

A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.

Newspapers have roughly the same relationship to life as fortune-tellers to metaphysics.

Christianity has enriched the erotic meal with the appetizer of curiosity and spoiled it with the dessert of remorse.

The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are.

Sweet peas were the kind of flowers fairies slept in.

He who attempts to resist the wave is swept away but he who bends before it abides.

Do not be scared of the incumbents.

The music is not used repetitiously to create film atmosphere. It is, in fact, the leading character.

You don't want your kids to hear songs of this nature... But you take em to the movies to watch Schwarzenegger!

My only obligation is to my characters. And they came from where I have been.

A Confucian or Jewish love of learning would gain minorities far more than any affirmative action laws we might pass.

Lovers move like lightning and wind. No contest. Theologians mumble, rumble-dumble, necessity and free will, while lover and beloved pull themselves into each other.

People learn in different ways: reading, listening, pictures, watching.

Sometimes the ensemble 'Eighth Blackbird' will have performances and invite me to be a featured soloist. I think that is what they call it in that world-"featured soloist."