We participate in the creation of the world by decreating ourselves.

Words bounce. Words, if you let them, will do what they want to do and what they have to do.

One of the principle qualities of pain is that it demands an explanation.

To be running breathlessly, but not yet arrived, is itself delightful, a suspended moment of living hope.

The words we read and words we write never say exactly what we mean. The people we love are never just as we desire them. The two symbola never perfectly match. Eros is in between.

You remember too much," my mother said to me recently. "Why hold onto all that?" And I said, "where can I put it down?

Why does tragedy exist? Because you are full of rage. Why are you full of rage? Because you are full of grief.

Myths are stories about people who become too big for their lives temporarily, so that they crash into other lives or brush against gods. In crisis their souls are visible.

Under the seams runs the pain.

When I desire you a part of me is gone.

If your way of life is writing, then everything that happens becomes a sentence.

The only shores you will never reach in life are those you have allowed yourself to believe, were too far.

You must be willing to go through some tough tests, if you wish to witness a future full of great testimonies.

God has given you two ears--that should tell you something about the importance of listening.

Tamaki to Kyoya: I thought you wanted more because your eyes don't show satisfaction now.

I have never in my career embarked on a journey towards controversy. I have never deliberately set a flame.

There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.

We live in a society where we may have differences, of course, but we learn to celebrate these differences.

I take acting very seriously. I put everything I have and know into it.

I approach every single thing I do as a fan. It's the only way I can do things. That way, I never let myself down.

Francis Ford Coppola is completely unconventional. He has a strong sense of loyalty. Great eyes. It's a diabolical undertaking in terms of organization and leadership.