The love of truth lies at the root of much humour.

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.

There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity.

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

I cannot imagine any boy of spirit who would not be delighted to play a drunkard even to vomiting in front of his Sunday school. Indeed, the vomiting might be the chief attraction of the role.

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized past.

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.

A man must be obedient to the promptings of his innermost heart.

Art is wine and experience is the brandy we distill from it.

Conversation in its true meaning isn't all wagging the tongue; sometimes it is a deeply shared silence.

The dog is a yes-animal. Very popular with people who can't afford a yes man.

Memorizing and regurgitating are not science. Real science is a constant investigation of the unknown.

You wanted to kill your father in order to be your father yourself. Now you are your father, but a dead father.

I mean, sometimes I hate interviews because I always feel like I sound stupid.

A lot of people think I'm a comedian.

come and get it, you dumbass

I notice faint scars on her wrists and forearms, thin lines too symmetrical to be accidents.

I used to think of my body as an instrument, of pleasure, or a means of transportation, or an implement for the accomplishment of my will.

Everything that happened to me happened by mistake. I don't believe in fate. It's luck, timing and accident.

He who enjoys a good neighbor, said the Greeks, has a precious possession. Same goes for neighbour's wife.

There are hours when I must force the novel out of my mind and be interested in the children.