The concept of progress must be grounded in the idea of catastrophe. That things are 'status quo' is the catastrophe

Like ultraviolet rays memory shows to each man in the book of life a script that invisibly and prophetically glosses the text.

The more circumspectly you delay writing down an idea, the more maturely developed it will be on surrendering itself.

Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method.

To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright.

Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven.

The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.

Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out armed and relieve the stroller of his conviction.

There is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism.

All human knowledge takes the form of interpretation.

Even the most perfect reproduction of a work of art is lacking in one element: its presence in time and space, its unique existence at the place where it happens to be.

You can love again.

No one is ever lost. No one needs to be saved. Open your inner eyes and see it all existing in harmony and love.

I work 338 days a year, 16 hours a day.

Socially I never was an outsider. I have never thought of the conflict element before frankly, but perhaps it was wanting to belong, and at the same time wanting to retain one's own personality.

A lot of times when I've been offered film series and stuff, if they shoot in Los Angeles, I lose interest.

Each time a friend dies, the present becomes the past, in an instant.

Once you clarify your purpose for doing something, the way to do it becomes clear

I always had the theory that the most important thing is be happy, enjoy what are you doing, and be fresh mentally.

People buy products, and they want to understand what those things are and how they are applicable to their life.

A happy youth, and their old age Is beautiful and free.