Civilized people cannot fully satisfy their sexual instinct without love.
A middling talent makes for a more serene life.
It is not enough that I succeed, everyone else must fail.
Every artist is an unhappy lover. And unhappy lovers want to tell their story.
The most essential and fundamental aspect of culture is the study of literature, since this is an education in how to picture and understand human situations.
Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.
I just enjoy translating, it's like opening one's mouth and hearing someone else's voice emerge.
I think most people live in fiction. . . That's how you keep your fragile body intact.
I like to go out and see what a city's all about.
Worse even than your maddening song, your silence.
Don't go to college. Make videos on YouTube.