We live not in order to eat, but in order not to know what we feel like eating.

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.

Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.

Everything on earth is beautiful, everything -- except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity.

The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.

People should be beautiful in every way - in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.

Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.

Pool is a game of thinking, strategy and accuracy - just like in business.

Wasn't it? Is loyalty still a commendable quality when it is misdirected?

Money definitely changes your lifestyle. But the things you go through makes who you are. Your experiences, they travel with you.

I only discovered electronic music as a teenager and I still love the Prodigy and Massive Attack.

There is a wild, splendid, intoxicating joy that follows work well done.

The Internet is allowing us to get back to what's really more natural, which is that storytelling is a shared thing. It's our natural way to be communal.

But you know, we have a very normal family. We've had our ups and downs. You know, we've had our issues, but we've had great cause for celebration.

I can be calm and reflective from time to time and other times I can have a burst of energy, that's just me.

... I shall go on making sublime and philosophical discoveries, and employing myself in deep, abstract studies.

The rich are not born sceptical or cynical. They are made that way by events, circumstances.