The world is kept alive only by heretics: the heretic Christ, the heretic Copernicus, the heretic Tolstoy. Our symbol of faith is heresy...

We comes from God, I from the Devil.

The lilac branches are bowed under the weight of the flowers: blooming is hard, and the most important thing is - to bloom. (“A Story About The Most Important Thing”)

The nights were long, like the braids of a pretty girl, and the days were short, like a girl's sense. ("The North")

Heretics are the only bitter remedy against the entropy of human thought.

True literature can exist only where it is created, not by diligent and trustworthy functionaries, but by madmen, hermits, heretics, dreamers, rebels, and skeptics.

A man is like a novel: until the very last page you don't know how it will end. Otherwise it wouldn't be worth reading.

Those two, in paradise, were given a choice: happiness without freedom, or freedom without happiness. There was no third alternative.

Literature is painting, architecture, and music.

There is no final one; revolutions are infinite.

We need writers who fear nothing. ("Our Goal")

I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only the people who take the Métro.

He who makes a garden Works hand in hand with God.

When you're humble it's like wearing a beautiful flower. It inspires others. It generates energy and power.

I had the wonderful benefit of growing up with parents that not only encouraged me to follow my dreams, but supported my aspirations through school and beyond.

Love is who we are, and when we deviate from that love we're deviating from our ultimate, essential, eternal reality.

I saw an awful lot of actresses, and some of them, you thought should be hospitalized. [They] should certainly eat a hamburger, for godsake.

Even more importantly, it's wine, food and the arts. Incorporating those three enhances the quality of life.

I have a strong opinion that a genuine love of books is one of the greatest blessings of life for man and woman.

The things you absorb you will ultimately secrete. It's all out there and available for you to enjoy...and be nourished by.

When I give, I give myself.