‘It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness; that is life.’

“it is quite true that the only way to unshroud certain secret thoughts in all the minds of [humankind] is through the medium of art”

‘sometimes we all have to be obvious when the time comes to tell the truth’

‘people seize upon something that appears to be the embodiment of the things they themselves can't act out.’

‘well, I don't know what to say, except it's Christmas and we're all in misery’