"It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it."

"When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow."

"I will not be just a tourist in the world of images, just watching images passing by which I cannot live in, make love to, possess as permanent sources of joy and ecstasy."

"Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the universe only reduce the expansion of its meaning."

"The greatest journey starts when the only true currency in life is time well spent."

"To speak the truth in a season of deceit is an act of supreme bravery — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The silent observer understands that the bonds of friendship are the true treasures of existence."

"It is a humble truth that experience is the stern teacher that gives the examination before the lesson."