I found powerful the idea that everything we have is, in effect, stolen from everybody else.

All cannot be lost when there is still so much being found

Tears are curious things, for like earthquakes or puppet shows, they can occur at any time, without any warning and without any good reason.

When I wrote Rick, I had the idea that I would take the plot of nearly every opera and turn it into a dark film, which is something I still may do.

All the secrets of the world are contained in books. Read at your own risk.

They say that when you’re really in love, the world becomes gossamer and gorgeous, but in my experience the world gets grimy, and the love object is in stark relief from the surroundings. This is love, a pretty thing on an ugly street.

Dumping you times infinity. Still not enough.