A poet might die at twenty-one, a revolutionary or a rock star at twenty four. But after that you assume everything’s going to be all right. you’ve made it past Dead Man’s Curve and you’re out of the tunnel, cruising straight for your destination down a six lane highway whether you want it or not.

My shadow is only half of what it should be." "Everyone has their shortcomings.

If you listen to the radio for a whole hour there's maybe one decent song. The rest is mass-produced garbage

I didn't read so much Japanese literature. Because my father was a teacher of Japanese literature, I just wanted to do something else.

I often dream about the Dolphin Hotel.

As long as an individual's alive, he will undergo experience in some form or other, and those experiences are stored up instant by instant. To stop experiencin' is to die.

As time goes on, you'll understand. What lasts, lasts; what doesn't, doesn't. Time solves most things. And what time can't solve, you have to solve yourself.