You cannot face it steadily, but this thing is sure, That time is no healer: the patient is no longer here.

The backward look behind the assuranceOf recorded history, the backward half-lookOver the shoulder, towards the primitive terror.

Those who return evil for good should not expect the kindness of others to last long.

Putting your ego aside and confronting your weaknesses and just letting things happen is hard. Not to use a Scientology term, but it's difficult to do an emotional or an artistic audit.

If you've lived in a dictatorship for thirty years, you're used to people lying to you.

If people are passionate about your product, whether it's because they're hating or loving it, those are both good scenarios.

Be a clown , be a clown, All the world loves a clown. Act the fool , play the calf, And you'll always have the last laugh .

It may be meaningless, but at least it's a gesture.

Passion makes every detail important.

I usually sleep just a few hours a night.

Give me such shows - give me the streets of Manhattan!

I think about people and events in terms of archetypes a lot.