Je sais que la poésie est indispensable, mais je ne sais pas à quoi. - Jean Cocteau

One is either judge or accused. The judge sits, the accused stands. Live on your feet.

A man's truest self realizations might require him, above all, to learn to close his eyes: to let himself be taken unawares, to follow his dark angel, to risk his illegal instincts.

It's perfectly normal that extraordinary things happen to me. I'm an exceptional person. Oh, don't think I'm boasting. I mean to say that, unfortunately, I'm exceptional and that, unfortunately, I can't live by the rules. I must make my own.