"The only difference between me and a madman is that I am not mad"

"The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant."

"It is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or whether I am serious, just as it is not necessary for me to know it myself."

"There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad."

"I don't do drugs: I am drugs."

"The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot."

"Duty is heavier than a mountain, death lighter than a feather."

"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."

"How we remember, what we remember and why we remember form the most personal map of our individuality."

"Life is not what one lived, but rather what one remembers, and how it is remembered to tell the tale."

"Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fool reform, and mortal men lay hold on heaven."

"As a kid, I knew I wanted to be either a cartoonist or an astronaut. The latter was never much of a possibility, as I don't even like riding in elevators."