I wandered off, walking through streets that seemed emptier than ever, thinking that if I didn't stop, if I kept on walking, I wouldn't notice that the world I thought I knew was no longer there.

I spend a lot of time in L.A., and when it rains there you get the entire rainfall for the year in two days, raindrops the size of mangoes. And in Barcelona, the Mediterranean storms come up from the sea, thunder and lightning; its like the end of the world.

Never trust anyone, Daniel, especially the people you admire. Those are the ones who will make you suffer the worst blows.

Where he had failed, I would triumph. Where he had lost his way, I would find the path out of the labyrinth.

Silence makes idiots seem wise even for a minute.

Every work of art is aggressive, Isabella. And every artist's life is a small war or a large one, beginning with oneself and one's limitations. To achieve anything you must first have ambition and then talent, knowledge, and finally the opportunity.

-Do you think it's dirty money? -All money is dirty. If it were clean nobody would want it.