I saw how greatly he suffered the requirement of being clever. It separated him from his soul, and it didn't get him anything other than a living

It's very painful to be in debt. I'm the kind of person who would rather almost die than go into debt.

The shelf was filled with books that were hard to read, that could devastate and remake one's soul, and that, when they were finished, had a kick like a mule.

All great discoveries...are products as much of doubt as of certainty, and the two in opposition clear the air for marvelous accidents.

They're not just dreams. Not anymore, I dream more than I wake now, and, at times, I have crossed over. Can't you see? I've been there.

To be mad is to feel with excruciating intensity the sadness and joy of a time which has not arrived or has already been.

I have always thought limousines make me dreadfully uncomfortable, just the way that suits do. When I wear a suit, I feel like ants and termites are crawling all over my body. It's really, really uncomfortable. People put themselves in a kind of prison. It's like the world of the embassies.