Thou canst not pray to God without praying to Love, but mayest pray to Love without praying to God.

The three eldest children of Necessity: God, the World and love.

Every veil secretly desires to be lifted, except the veil of Hypocrisy.

In the religion of Love the courtesan is a heretic; but the nun is an atheist.

Love is God's essence; Power but his attribute: therefore is his love greater than his power.

It is no wonder if Art frequently prefers Illusion to Truth: for Illusion is her servant, but Truth her mistress.

If Pity come as Pity, bid her stay; But if in guise of Love, chase her away.

Life without Love is as a flower without fragrance.

Were Love exempt from the militations of Necessity, he were greater than God and the World.

As the bud a leaf, so at last the thought becomes a word.

Wail not too wildly for expiring Love: The Love that dies was never quite alive.

The way you’re smiling a little makes me think maybe you wouldn’t mind an older man.

Don’t just do the obvious and predictable stuff, be remarkable!

Quentin Tarantino asked me to work with him but there is no way I am going to do that while Matthew Vaughn is working in film.

When people are old enough to know better they are old enough to do worse.

We wish we were Obi-Wan Kenobi, and for the most part we are, but there's a little Darth Vader in all of us.

Life always take on the character of its motive.

I'll just ask now: What is it about my persona that draws every insane, power-hungry nutcase to me like a magnet?

You don't know how many people come up to me and say, 'This child was conceived listening to you.'

One must not always think so much about what one should do, but rather what one should be. Our works do not ennoble us; but we must ennoble our works.

I've never done anything for money, and that is why I got money. When you do stuff for money, you never get money.