“In the end, everything is a gag.”

That which is apparent ends. That which is subtle is never-ending.

I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.” 

“Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is ‘elephant’.” – 

“My pain may be the reason for somebody’s laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody’s pain.

“I don’t believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career.

Perfect love is the most beautiful of all frustrations because it is more than one can express.

“Life is a play that does not allow testing. So, sing, cry, dance, laugh and live intensely, before the curtain closes and the piece ends with no Applause.”

Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.” 

“What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning.”

“You’ll find that life is still worthwhile, if you just smile.”

Life and death are too resolute, too implacable to be accidental.

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

Whomever lives, gambles with life.

What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning!

Life is a beautiful, magnificent thing, even to a jellyfish. 

We must laugh in the face of our helplessness against the forces of nature — or go insane.

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease from pain.

“Everyone has a home but me.” 

“we don’t know which of our acts in the present will shape the future. But” 

“Our current plight is not made inevitable by human nature. What once was could be again—in a new way.” 

“I began to sense that a big part of our problem is simple ignorance of what the oldest cultures have to teach.” 

“the clearest view is always from the bottom. Kennedy” 

“I sometimes wonder if I am crisscrossing my father's ghostly paths and we are entering same towns or roadside diners or the black ribbons of highways that gleam in the night rain. As if we were images in a time-lapse photograph.”