The silly when deceived exclaim loudly; the fool complains; the honest man walks away and is silent.

Reason has always been obliterated by the sensation of profound solitude, perhaps that is why we replace the aching of isolation with the anguish of abuse.

There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West has woman.

The coffin, it shall protect me, though Death himself lies in it

I listen to John Mayer when I get ready. He's my calmer.

My work seen in its totality is a statement about the integration of the contemporary artist into an industrial society.

Crime like virtue has its degrees; and timid innocence was never known to blossom suddenly into extreme license.

When you find Peace within, you create a Peaceful world around you.

It is a river of ideas from which I fish out sounds that make my soul happy.

The faces and the tactics of the leaders may change every four years, or two, or one, but the people go on forever.

I tried to speak in a cool, calm way, but the zombie rose up in my throat and choked me off.