the process of reading is reciprocal; the book is no more than a formula, to be furnished out with images out of the reader's mind.

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.

With great power often comes great confusion.

I work for men that I would love to meet, somebody who I could fall in love with, someone who intrigues me.

I believe that Jews and Arabs can live together. It's not an easy thing but I believe we can reach an agreement.

A man has to know his limitations.

You can prove anything you want by coldly logical reason---if you pick the proper postulates.

I don't read music. I don't write it. So I wander around on the guitar until something starts to present itself.

For me, everything's too much and nothing's enough.

Even if you know a character really well, there's no formula for what jokes will work and what won't.

If you come back from the dead, you don't have the same value system, I think.

There are no safe rooms, no safe truths, no safe secrets to tell.