The presence of death annihilates all superstitions. We are the children of death, and it is death that rescues us from the deceptions of life. In the midst of life he calls us and summons us to him.

I write only for my shadow which is cast on the wall in front of the light. I must introduce myself to it.

In life there are certain sores which, like a kind of canker, slowly erode the soul in solitude.

My one fear is that tomorrow I may die without having come to know myself.

I thought to myself: if it’s true that every person has a star in the sky, mine must be distant, dim, and absurd. Perhaps I never had a star.

I have finally learned that I must remain silent as much as possible. I must always keep my thoughts to myself.

If there was no death, everyone would wish for it.

[Death is] the best asylum for pains and sorrows and troubles and the injustices of life.

Ugh! How many stories about love, copulation, marriage and death already exist, not one of which tells the truth! How sick I am of well-constructed plots and brilliant writing!

Only death does not lie.

There are sores which slowly erode the mind in solitude like a kind of canker.

What is it to enjoy life? Sit at the beach? No. What it is is that you have to do something, you have be productive, make a contribution to the society, to the family, to yourself.

Can you really forgive if you can't forget?

I don't want my wrinkles taken away - I don't want to look like everyone else.

Love must be learned and learned again; There is no end.

I never knew anyone who was cloned, but I played one in Multiplicity.

I really don't have that many run-ins. People by and large are very nice to me.

The world exists to set us free.

The constant variety is the most interesting part of my job.

I have always loved Ed Norton and Ryan Gosling. Also Julianne Moore and Cate Blanchett.

We take almost all the decisive steps in our lives as a result of slight inner adjustments of which we are barely conscious.