You follow the same paths of thought as before. Only, they appear strewn with roses.

Like ultraviolet rays memory shows to each man in the book of life a script that invisibly and prophetically glosses the text.

The more circumspectly you delay writing down an idea, the more maturely developed it will be on surrendering itself.

Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method.

To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright.

Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven.

The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.

Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out armed and relieve the stroller of his conviction.

There is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism.

The concept of progress must be grounded in the idea of catastrophe. That things are 'status quo' is the catastrophe

All human knowledge takes the form of interpretation.

Great is thy love.Great is thy mercy.Great is thy faithfulness.

People who give will never be poor.

I have plenty of enemies... among artists who resent my earning a living. They think I should go off and starve while painting something 'significant.

Actions lie louder than words.

When I got a lap dance, because I was 17, they had to put a massive pillow between me and the girl when she was grinding me. It was weird, yet pleasurable.

Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.

A very Merry Christmas And a happy New Year Let's hope it's a good one Without any fear.

The ultimate dragon is within you, it is your ego clamping you down.

If you are playing repertoire material, you're stuck. There's not huge amounts you can do.

The press, the pulpit, and the stage, Conspire to censure and expose our age.