We have to listen to other people's stories. That's the thing. And that's the only way that we eventually get to know ourselves.

The world spins. We stumble on. It is enough.

I write about what I know; and I write about things that are new to me, and that I didn't know before.

The thing about love is that we come alive in bodies not our own.

Long ago, long ago. The simple things come back to us. They rest for a moment by our ribcages then suddenly reach in and twist our hearts a notch backward.

There are moments we return to, now and always. Family is like water - it has a memory of what it once filled, always trying to get back to the original stream.

There's a part of me that thinks perhaps we go on existing in a place even after we've left it.

We have to admire the world for not ending on us.

It was a silence that heard itself, awful and beautiful.

Give life long enough and it will solve all your problems, including the one of being alive.

Even if people laughed at the notion of goodness, if they found it sentimental, or nostalgic, it didn't matter -- it was none of those things, he said, and it had to be fought for.

Once you have explored a fear, it becomes less terrifying. Part of courage comes from extending our knowledge.

A government of laws, and not of men.

If your life was complete, you'd be dead.

I have found nothing stronger than Necessity.

Travel the world, learn other languages, demand liberty, despise violence, read books, and keep a dictionary nearby.

Movies are pieces of film stuck together in a certain rhythm, an absolute beat, like a musical composition. The rhythm you create affects the audience.

Everything you need comes to you in perfect time, space and sequence.

For of all gainful professions, nothing is better, nothing more pleasing, nothing more delightful, nothing better becomes a well-bred man than #‎ agriculture

Some day man will travel at the speed of light, of small interest to those of us still trying to catch up to the speed of time.

Your attitude is more important that your aptitude.