Whether or not God is dead: it is impossible to keep silent about him who was there for so long.

The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well.

People love as self-recognition what they hate as an accusation.

Whenever you observe an animal closely, you feel as if a human being sitting inside were making fun of you.

All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.

There is no such thing as an ugly language. Today I hear every language as if it were the only one, and when I hear of one that is dying, it overwhelms me as though it were the death of the earth.

Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk upright and with open eyes into their misfortune?

His head is made of stars, but not yet arranged into constellations.

When you write down your life, every page should contain something no one has ever heard about

The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even though it is interrupted each night, it is one single notation.

Explain nothing. Put it there. Say it. Leave.

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds.

Mental time-travel is one of the greatest gifts of the mind. It makes us human, and it makes us special.

I knew that the stronger that I was, the faster I was going to swim, and thats all I had in my mind at the time, was I wanted to be the best swimmer in the world.

Josh Gad and I have been friends since the time he auditioned for Modern Family. I directed the pilot for that, and that's how we met.

You will never be indecisive if you know your purpose.

It might not be true, but that doesn't mean it's nonsense.

The torments of martyrdom are probably most keenly felt by the bystanders.

We are exceptionally good at seeing the faults in others and exceptionally adept at ignoring the faults in ourselves.

And patience flees my heart, And reason flees my mind. Oh, how drunk can I get to be, Without your love's security?

From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon. It's not a miracle; we just decided to go.