The Americans are completely stupid. The intellectual level in any single European country is higher than in America.

The great advantage of a novel is you can put in whatever comes into your head - it has the same shape as the human brain.

Anything can happen in life, especially nothing.

The world outside had its own rules, and those rules were not human.

The absence of the will to live is, alas, not sufficient to make one want to die.

The love of a dog is a pure thing. He gives you a trust which is total. You must not betray it.

In order to pass the time I told him the story of the German who ate the other German whom he’d met on the internet.

It's a curious idea to reproduce when you don't even like life.

Tenderness is a deeper instinct than seduction, which is why it is so hard to give up hope.

The most stupid religion is Islam.

Why am I popular? I don't know. Is it a mistake? I should think it's a mistake somewhere.

Have your one good cry, pick your chin up, smile, and move on to the positive.

I've been in LA for 5 years now, and it's been very freeing creatively.

I thought, 'My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.'

It is a very real concern and my view is that everything changed on September 11th and the procedure, the policies that were in place prior to September 11th no longer should apply.

It is unworthy of excellent men to lose hours like slaves in the labor of calculation which could be relegated to anyone else if machines were used.

The Bible says that it is hard for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven. It doesn't say that it is impossible!

There is no pleasure in flying to the top! The pleasure is climbing up there step by step, feeling every single muscle!

[Bob Dylan] is a worthy laureate for the Nobel Prize.

I think it's wonderful to save the world, but you need to be part of the world, too.

He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.