The machinery of the world is far too complex for the simplicity of men.

So plant your own gardens and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.

Being with you and not being with you is the only way I have to measure time.

Don't talk unless you can improve the silence.

I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met, all the women that I have loved; all the cities I have visited.

I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books.

The worst labyrinth is not that intricate form that can entrap us forever, but a single and precise straight line

The fact is that poetry is not the books in the library . . . Poetry is the encounter of the reader with the book, the discovery of the book.

Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone.

I can give you my loneliness, my darkness, the hunger of my heart, I am trying to bribe you with uncertainty, with danger, with defeat.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

Hunter-gathers, by nature, store information for use, understanding that there may be a time when information is scarce.

People who go on to be writers are those who can forgive themselves the horror of the first draft.

Perfection is the lowest standard of achievement. Doing is the highest.

Consciousness succumbs all too easily to unconscious influences, and these are often truer and wiser than our conscious thinking.

You can tell a lot about a person by whether or not they're a transvestite.

The movie industry is one big collaboration. Music gives me that freedom to create things straight from my heart and my mind.

We're really at this point where we can take a step back and think about the next big things that we want to do.

Everyone is called, everyone is sent out… The call of God can reach us on the assembly line and in the office, in the supermarket and in the stairwell, i.e., in the places of everyday life.

On the set of Besharam I had to refrain from smoking, out of respect for my parents

Truth is mighty and will prevail