I can't distract myself enough here, for sketches to a new opera are constantly buzzing around in my head, to the extent that I need all my strength to wrest myself from them.

Imagination creates reality.

Wherever the fish are, that's where we go.

I am fond of them, of the inferior beings of the abyss, of those who are full of longing.

Divorce is one of the most financially traumatic things you can go through. Money spent on getting mad or getting even is money wasted.

I wish I could score everything for horns.

If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.

The injury we do and the one we suffer are not weighed in the same scales.

I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

Once again...welcome to my house. Come freely. Go safely; and leave something of the happiness you bring.

I enjoy building more than managing.

Nobody else can demean me. I can only demean myself.

Justice is truth in action.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.