At night a candle's brighter than the sun

I don't think happiness is necessarily the reason we're here. I think we're here to learn and evolve, and the pursuit of knowledge is what alleviates the pain of being human.

The more irrational of us are worried about the millennium ending - as if a date would really matter.

Turn the clock to zero, honey, we're starting up a brand new day.

Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I'd probably choose success.

The acceptance of death gives you more of a stake in life, in living life happily, as it should be lived. Living for the moment.

I don't need to manufacture trauma in my life to be creative. I have a big enough reservoir of sadness or emotional trauma to last me.