The only way to stop a nightmare is to open your eyes, if perchance you realize you were dreaming

The end of love looks like the beginning of war

Life is a dream. We wake up when we die

Christianity has so much taken roots among us that drunkards sing gospel songs on their way home

In leadership, the way up is down. Serve before you get served

You need to have the means to impose yourself

The only lesson you can learn from history is that it repeats itself

Women understand the workings of nature than men. They trust in their instincts while men consider this behavior weakness.

Peace is something you only have when your enemy is gone. Either after you have turned him into a friend or vanquished him

It's useless to disarm the hands, if the heart remains armed

A man should not compete with his wife in talk but in silence

Cursed the crown that brought such grief to me

... the objects which we admire have no absolute value in themselves...

There is only one rule for writing and that is go ahead and start writing.

What about an amnesiac, who awakes having lost his memories and must learn of his past from scratch? Has he died? How can we be just memories? How does that leave us with enough?

Oh yeah, just push the knife in further and twist, why doncha?!

When I was 14 years old, I was a huge fan of the Velvets, the Stooges and the Modern Lovers. They are my three favourite bands. I never get sick of 'em.

Theme-park approach to nature. We judge plants and animals by whether they're entertaining to us. We gravitate toward animals and plants that are big, dramatic, beautiful and at eye-level.

The call for a sincere gift of self is the fullest way to realize our personal freedom.

I love boxing. There's something fierce about using your body's force that way.

My heart is with Hillary Clinton.