To be adult is to be alone.

Somebody told me I should put a pebble in my mouth to cure my stuttering. Well, I tried it, and during a scene I swallowed the pebble. That was the end of that.

A body of work such as Pasteur's is inconceivable in our time: no man would be given a chance to create a whole science. Nowadays a path is scarcely opened up when the crowd begins to pour in.

We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be.

My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.

Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god.

Kill one man, and you are murderer.

Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.

A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.

In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day.

When I was young I pitied the old. Now old, it is the young I pity.

If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.

Most people are too silly to be truly interested in any thing. They herd together like cattle, and do not know what is good for them.

Solitude is where one discovers one is not alone.

You should look straight at a film

The stones tear like flesh, rather than breaking. Although what happens is violent, it is a violence that is in stone. A tear is more unnerving than a break.

I know there are California oranges and Florida oranges. When I'm in Florida, I like Florida oranges. Today, I think California oranges are the best, of course.

I know what it’s like to miss someone. To feel like you’re just…wandering around, lost.

Writers have no real area of expertise. They are merely generalists with a highly inflamed sense of punctuation.

You're not going to die," I told her, lifting my head to look at her. "I'm not done writing songs about you yet.

Give me ten truly detached men. and I will convert the world with them.