“Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.”

The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.

One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With no regret, we agree to live in it with strangers, completely cut off from our habits and friends.

Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.

The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.

I’ve always preferred mythology to history. History is truth that becomes an illusion. Mythology is an illusion that becomes reality.

Anything of any importance cannot help but be unrecognizable, since it bears no resemblance to anything already known.

Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is what’s known as infinity.

Living is a horizontal fall.

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.

May the devil himself splatter you with dung.

One must not mistake majority for truth.

An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.

I have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.

If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.

After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.

Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.

The paradox of education is precisely this – that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.

We should begin at the very root from which we spring, we should effect a radical reform in the character of the food.

Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

Peace begins with a smile.

Take care with the end as you do with the beginning.

The moment we begin to seek love, love begins to seek us. And to save us.

Thanks to my fans that have been with me from the beginning, I was able to sell out arenas on my own.