Gaston Bachelard

The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one hears the truth.

A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language.

Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect a very simple communion of souls.

Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it.

If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.

As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.