If I had wings, no one would ask me: should I fly?
Everything that is profound loves the mask: the profoundest things have a hatred even of figure and likeness.
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.
Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.
There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.
I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.
If you're in the mood for a blushing art house romance, you'll fall for it, too.
Death, however long expected, is sudden at the last.
I've loved science fiction my whole life. But I've never made a science fiction movie. And "World Of Tomorrow" is sort of a parody of science fiction at the same time. It's all of the things I find interesting in sci-fi amplified.
That a whole part of the middle class detests me. . . is utterly normal. I would be troubled if the contrary were true.