The history of literature is the history of the human mind.

Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!

Self-interest, be it enlightened, works indirectly for the public good.

There are things which couldn't be expressed by the words, when you've mastered certain lesson for more than 30 years.

Lonely world if you don’t have anyone to rule over.

I don't think it's possible to have a sense of tragedy without having a sense of humor.

The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason a small town is called a small town: It's because not many people want to live there.

When people are rude to other people. When people belittle other people. Bullies really bother me a lot. A lot, a lot.

Kitsch is the contemporary form of the Gothic, Rococo, Baroque.

Interesting doesn't always equal practical, but being practical is always less interesting.

Kill one, terrify a thousand.

Experience what’s happening now, and make your surroundings real. You don’t have to invent an environment: it already exists.

Very few people ever understand art. If you are lucky, they will buy it for the wrong reasons.