... any fictionis bound to be transposed autobiography.

One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.

Silences have a climax, when you have got to speak.

When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out.

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.

We are minor in everything but our passions.

Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible.

Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.

It is not helpful to help a friend by putting coins in his pockets when he has got holes in his pockets.

Disappointment tears the bearable film off life.

Your dreams of today create your future.

At some magical instant you realize a deep Harmony with the universe. Enlightenment is that harmony.

Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.

Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.

Real religion is the transformation of anxiety into laughter.

The moment passes. There is no point in regretting irreversible decisions—one has to live with them, and we try.

With rap music, there are billions and billions of samples that are uncleared that people have never been bothered about on an underground level.

You didn't quit skateboarding because you got old, you got old because you quit skateboarding.

You know, I don't only play for the record books.

I envision a world filled with women traveling alone and meeting each other on the path.