He’d always been willing to confess his faults, for, by admitting them, it was as if he made them no longer exist.

The wind is us-- it gathers and remembers all our voices, then sends them talking and telling through the leaves and the fields.

The better the actor, the more stupid he is.

Don't wanna sleep, don't wanna die, just wanna go a-travellin' through the pastures of the sky

Fame is only good for one thing - they will cash your check in a small town.

One day, I started writing, not knowing that I had chained myself for life to a noble but merciless master. When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip is intended solely for self-flagellation... I'm here alone in my dark madness, all by myself with my deck of cards - and, of course, the whip God gave me.

Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.