To give the best of yourself, to be ready to please is OK for a while. But people expect certain things from you, and you have to go beyond that and say, no.

Some children I have met are very beautiful. Some children are imbeciles, vulgar, terrible.

I can't belong to groups. I've tried. I behave normally, but people don't look at me normally.

As long as you don't make waves, ripples, life seems easy. But that's condemning yourself to impotence and death before you are dead.

Some gods may cross your path, but why should gods be beautiful? They could also be frightening.

If you get trapped in the idea that what is most important is what image of yourself you're giving to the world, you're on a dangerous path.

To be free means to choose, whose slave you want to be. ­