One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real.

At sixteen I get drafted. When I read the draft notice, I cry. Not because I'm a coward - I'm not afraid of anyone. But I don't want to kill or be killed.

I am your fairy tale. Your dream. Your wishes and desires, and I am your thirst and your hunger and your food and your drink.

Put a bird cage near the window so that the bird can see the sky? It's much better to look than not to, even if it hurts.

Once, I took a taxi. I hate those limousines. They stink and their drivers have been driving dead people to the cemeteries.

Where a beast would have claws, I was born with talent

It is the Nobel Prize I want. It's worth $400,000.