Only in dreams, in poetry, in play do we sometimes arrive at what we were before we were this thing that, who knows, we are.

What good is a writer if he can't destroy literature? And us... what good are we if we don't help as much as we can in that destruction?

Only in dreams, in poetry, in play do we sometimes arrive at what we were before we were this thing that, who knows, we are.

Everything can be killed except nostalgia for the kingdom, we carry it in the color of our eyes, in every love affair, in everything that deeply torments and unties and tricks.

Why have we had to invent Eden, to live submerged in the nostalgia of a lost paradise, to make up utopias, propose a future for ourselves?

Only by living absurdly is it possible to break out of this infinite absurdity.

And do you accept the idea that there is no explanation?

All profound distraction opens certain doors. You have to allow yourself to be distracted when you are unable to concentrate.

Human history is the sad result of each one looking out for himself.

Nothing is more comical than seriousness understood as a virtue that has to precede all important literature

The unusual is only found in a very small percentage, except in literary creations, and that is exactly what makes literature.

One of the most adventurous things left us is to go to bed. For no one can lay a hand on our dreams.

My life has been a continuous fulfillment of dreams. It appears that everything I saw and did has a new, and perhaps, more significant meaning, every time I see it. The earth is good. It is a privilege to live thereon.

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

We don't have an eternity to realize our dreams, only the time we are here.

Rude contact with facts chased my visions and dreams quickly away, and in their stead I beheld the horrors, the corruption, the evils and hypocrisy of society, and as I stood among them, a young wife, a great wail of agony went out from my soul.

The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams realities.

I worked on my voice for Sweet Dreams, but only to match my speaking voice to Patsy's actual singing voice. That was my way into that character.

In my dreams, I could be a Princess, and that's what I was. Like most little girls, I believed nothing less than a Prince could make my dreams come true.

The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.

The name Air Supply sort of came from nowhere. I get a lot of my things in dreams and I just had a dream about it one night, and I woke up and said that's just got to be the name. That was in 1975.

Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages.

War is eternity jammed into frantic minutes that will fill a lifetime with dreams and nightmares.

All books are either dreams or swords, you can cut, or you can drug, with words.

I'd really like to get the girl, shoot the gun, drive the car, have fun. I even have these kind of action dreams, where I'm the action guy.

Hopes are but the dreams of those that wake.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake.

I am so excited to let fans in on how important my relationship with my family is to me. I hope to motivate mothers and daughters to build lifetimes of memories together and inspire kids around the world to live their dreams.

Let your dreams outgrow the shoes of your expectations.

It's a pity one can't imagine what one can't compare to anything. Genius is an African who dreams up snow.

Dreams seem to have a will of their own.

There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality.

Have you ever wondered why young people take to music like fish to water? Maybe it's because music is fun. Plan and simple. It opens up their minds to dream great dreams about where they can go and what they can do when they get older.

It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.

For all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams.

It is an everlasting desire to make my dreams come true. And it's getting to the point now where it's like, come on I want my dreams to come true so that I can get on with the rest of my life. Sometimes I think about the rest of my life when I'm done.

I was a great dreamer of day dreams.

A successful life is one that is lived through understanding and pursuing one's own path, not chasing after the dreams of others.

I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.

I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires.

Never in my wildest dreams did I entertain the idea that I would become a fashion designer.

Our politics are our deepest form of expression: they mirror our past experiences and reflect our dreams and aspirations for the future.

I'll see you in my dreams.

Keep true to the dreams of your youth.

Screenplays I didn't really care about, journalism, travel books, getting my writer friends to write about their dreams or something. I just determined to write the books I had to write.

Worse than not realizing the dreams of your youth, would be to have been young and never dreamed at all.

The interpretation of dreams is a great art.

An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.