What happens is that your wretched memory remembers the words and forgets what's behind them

Anyone who attempts to relate his life loses himself in the immediate. One can only speak of another.

To write does not mean to convert the real into words but to make the power of the word real.

There is always time to take more time.

It is not by believing but by doubting that one can attain to the truth, which is ever changing form and condition.

Forms disappear, words remain, to signify the impossible.

Facts can't be recounted; much less twice over, and far less still by different persons. I've already drummed that thoroughly into your head.

Letters couldn't care less whether what is written with them is true or false.

The things that have come into being change continually. The man with a good memory remembers nothing because he forgets nothing.

The dictionary is an ossuary of empty words.

Sometimes it's better to stop trying to make sense of things. Life isn't clear cut, there are always gray areas.

Music is love. Music is always about love.

Snake people do not drink milk, " Kekrops said. "We are lactose intolerant reptiles.""Me too!" Frank said. "I mean . . . lactose intolerant. Not a reptile. Though I can be a reptile sometimes-

In documentaries, there's a truth that unfolds unnaturally, and you get to chronicle it. In narratives, you have to create the situations so that the truth will come out.

I would not have a woman go to Congress merely because she is a woman.

A pear is a failed apple.

You'd been petting a stuffed dog?' she said 'A dead one?' 'It was a really well stuffed dog' I clarified. 'I have seen some bad taxidermy. This was top-notch work. It would have fooled anyone.

Be moderate in prosperity, prudent in adversity.

The best way to turn a woman's head is to tell her she has a beautiful profile.

She has learned that her body is precious and it mustn't be offered carelessly ever again, as it holds a direct connection to her heart.