The Life and Times of a Skeptical Mind

"An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it."

"I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found."

"A burst of momentum, squashed. The morning ended up on the floor."

"Words tend to fill the mind, pictures tend to clear it."

"I don’t love studying. I hate studying. I like learning. Learning is beautiful."

"The only thing left will be the prose and poems, the books, what is written down. Man was very fortunate to have invented the book. Without it the past would completely vanish, and we would be left with nothing, we would be naked on earth."

"Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars."

"Because an appeal makes logical sense is no guarantee that it will work."

"There is only one valuable thing in art: the thing you cannot explain."