You are not controlling the storm, and you are not lost in it. You are the storm.

We are not self-caused little gods.

What evidence could possibly be put forward to show that one could have acted differently in the past?

I love you, " he murmurs. "Can you feel that? You. Not some destiny I think I'm called to. You. I'm with you. My strength. My soul. My heart. Feel it.

Different creatures have different eyes. Human eyes (unlike, say, a cat's eyes, or an octopus's) are only made to see one version of reality at a time.

Talent is a word lazy people use to explain why they can’t do things.

I knew Bobby Dylan back in the days when he lived in the village. He used to come and see me and sing songs for me, saying they ought to go into my next collected book on American folk music.

I don't need a director who's 'good with actors.'...A master manipulator is heaven.

Fashion is an extension of your personality, and I've always been obsessed. I always want to have something different than everybody else.

I got my heart broken. My spirit got shattered and mutilated. I will not be coming back from this. I don’t want to.

Belief is no substitute for arithmetic.

Afghanistan must never again be a safe haven for terrorism.

The darkness is the deepening shadow of your presence; the silence a process in the metabolism of the being of love.