The chaos of the mind cannot constitute a reply to the providence of the universe. All it can be is an awakening in the night, where all that can be heard is anguished poetry let loose.

I don't want your love unless you know i am repulsive,and love me even as you know it.

A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism.

The need to go astray, to be destroyed, is an extremely private, distant, passionate, turbulent truth.

Not every woman is a prostitute, but prostitution is the natural apotheosis of the feminine attitude.

It is clear that the world is purely parodic, that each thing seen is the parody of another, or is the same thing in a deceptive form.

The sexual act is in time what the tiger is in space.

We have in fact only two certainties in this world - that we are not everything and that we will die.

We want to decipher skies and paintings, go behind these starry backgrounds or these painted canvases and, like kids trying to find a gap in a fence, try to look through the cracks in the world.

The power of death signifies that this real world can only have a neutral image of life, that life's intimacy does not reveal it's dazzling consumption until the moment it gives out.

My true church is a whorehouse – the only one that gives me true satisfaction.

Just like a flower, you are a creation of unique beauty from the one essence of life.

The boldness of his mind was sheathed in a scabbard of politeness.

Scars speak for you. They say you're strong, and you've survived something that might have killed others.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

So many girls have become famous for literally nothing - other than falling out of clubs in shocking clothing or going out with a different person every week.

I dreamed about these moments, and I think I hoped I would have them, but you don't know. So when the lucky break hits, it's like being Cinderella and hopefully midnight doesn't come.

The artists must be sacrificed to their art. Like the bees, they must put their lives into the sting they give.

Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.

Don’t compare yourself to others. That’s when you start to lose confidence in yourself.

I think the written word is my first love. I was just a very imagination - centered child and a big part of that imaginary life came from reading.