“I am a lie that always speaks the truth.”

“I am burning myself up and will always do so.”

“I've always preferred mythology to history. History is truth that becomes an illusion. Mythology is an illusion that becomes reality.”

“We are in a period of such individualism that one no longer speaks of disciples; one speaks of thieves.”

“I grant you that, if you'll admit, as I do, that we are pawns of an unknown force that lives within us that dictates our actions and compels us to speak this language.”

“There is an angel inside me whom I am constantly shocking.”

“An artist cannot speak about his art anymore than a plant can discuss horticulture.”