We are no longer dealing with historical events, but with places of collapse.

We live in a world where there is more and more information, and less and less meaning.

The desert is a natural extension of the inner silence of the body.

Deep down, the US, with its space, its technological refinement, its bluff good conscience, even in those spaces which it opens up for simulation, is the only remaining primitive society.

Art does not die because there is no more art. It dies because there is too much.

Illusion is no longer possible, because the real is no longer possible.

Today's terrorism is not the product of a traditional history of anarchism, nihilism, or fanaticism. It is instead the contemporary partner of globalization.

What I am, I don't know. I am the simulacrum of myself.

There is no aphrodisiac like innocence.

Disneyland is presented as imaginary in order to make us believe that the rest is real.

History that repeats itself turns to farce. Farce that repeats itself turns to history.

When I write, I feel like an armless leg less man with a crayon in his mouth.

We do not believe in murder! We believe in convenience in our careers, in our cuisine, in our kills, and in our definitions.

God i've missed you. I can't wait to give you your present. He kisses me hotter this time, and beneath me, through his denim and mine. I can feel the promise of his Christmas gift soon to come.

Learning the art of expressing gratitude will force you to focus on the positive.

I've been in show business for 50, no, 60 years. I was approached in school to join a variety act.

Knowing the future is the flower of the Way, and the beginning of folly.

We do have intellects and Plotinus controversially thought that even though we might not be aware of it, our souls are always connected to the intellect. They never fully descend as he would put it.

A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.

For someone who loves literature, and all books on principle, being asked to name three titles over a half century of serious reading is akin to asking one to recall their three favorite sunsets.

Peace doesn't mean that you will not have problems. Peace means that your problems will not have you.