The relationship between truth and reason:"Truth cannot be reached by reason alone!

If you really want to understand a man, don't just listen to what he says but watch what he does.

The ultimate function of art is to make men do what they want to do, as it is to make them recognize what they know.

To unmask the deceit of every instinct for preservation is to procure salvation for humanity in nothingness.. ..Nothingness must be defined as the absense of all willing.

To will nothing, then, is ..looking ..for that infinite virtuosity that always enters into the game and always runs off

A soul gives power to the mind

Trust is the main part of any kind of love, if you lost it then you must be failed it.

It cuts like a knife, but it feels so right.

I was writing a chapter of Beautiful Evidence on the subject of the sculptural pedestal, which led to my thinking about what's up on the pedestal - the great leader.

There's no big budget Canadian movie. Whatever movies are big budget in Canada come from the states. Or also have states financing. Everything's pretty small.

If you want to do creative work, there are tremendous sacrifices involved, and tremendous financial sacrifices too. It requires dedication and solitude.

It's OK to be wrong; it's unforgivable to stay wrong.

We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.

As a matter of fact my, my very first time singing when I was two and a half, three, was in church. So, ahm, church is very, very much a part of who I am.

Grief hath two tongues; and never woman yet Could rule them both without ten women's wit.