What is beauty or ugliness but a false front that prompts man to make assumptions rather than delving deeper.

There were lies, and there were lies. Was a secret a lie? If one wanted to protect another?

Because we know he was simply a man, with weakness and frailties. Who yearned for the same things all of us do--to love and be loved

All the cunning of the devil is exercised in trying to tear us away from the word.

Intelligent discontent is the mainspring of civilization. Progress is born of agitation. It is agitation or stagnation.

If they told us what to believe, and we didn't come to it on our own, is it still true?

I know people that can't win. I know people that are very talented at sports, and they never win.

I kind of wonder if creativity is all morphing into one big thing that's not even art, but something universal and bigger.

Before putting yourself in peril, it is necessary to foresee and fear it; but when one is there, nothing remains but to despise it.

If everyone were not so indolent they would realise that beauty is beauty even when it is irritating and stimulating not only when it is accepted and classic.

Some of my friends who know me best say they wouldn't trade places with me for $1 million because of the pace I lead.

Now the novels that are read are purely entertainment – well done, very polished, with a very effective technique – but not literature, just entertainment.

Duct tape. Perfect weapon; so many uses.