“The emotions - love, mirth, the heroic, wonder, tranquility, fear, anger, sorrow, disgust - are in the audience.”

“A 'mistake' is beside the point, for once anything happens it authentically is.”

“Why do you not do as I do? Letting go of your thoughts as though they were the cold ashes of a long dead fire?”

“...the important questions are answered by not liking only but disliking and accepting equally what one likes and dislikes. Otherwise there is no access to the dark night of the soul.”

“The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason.”

“As far as consistency of thought goes, I prefer inconsistency.”

“Syntax, like government, can only be obeyed. It istherefore of no use except when youhave something particular to commandsuch as: Go buy me a bunch of carrots.”