People are never perfect, but love can be.

The full moon - the mandala of the sky.

If it is committed in the name of God or country, there is no crime so heinous that the public will not forgive it.

Would you complain because a beautiful sunset doesn't have a future or a shooting star a payoff? And why should romance 'lead anywhere'? Passion isn't a path through the woods. Passion is the woods.

Minds were made for blowing.

Genius may stand on the shoulders of giants, but it stands alone.

I finish the book so I can see how it's going to end. I write that first sentence, and if it's the right first sentence, it leads to the right second sentence and three years later you have a 500-page manuscript, but it really is like going on a trip, going on a journey. It's a voyage.