Quote

The paradoxes of today are the prejudices of tomorrow, since the most benighted and the most deplorable prejudices have had their moment of novelty when fashion lent them its fragile grace.

There are many of these apparent philosophical paradoxes or contradictions which don't concern me anymore.

I got a lot of paradoxes in my life. I guess I'm a real confused person, but there are some focused parts to my life now, and I'm slowly trying to put all the pieces back together.

I love paradox. I like to go where people don't expect me to go.

People who express themselves in paradoxes are in a strong position; and the more outrageous the paradox, in general the stronger the position.

I'm a real paradox. Because I'm a very serious person, and I take my work very seriously. But I wrap it up in a court jester and a clown and make people laugh and make them feel good about themselves.

My book has a very simple surface, but there are layers of irony and paradox all the way through it.

The paradox is, I can't miss the good things about my father while he is alive, but I will of course miss him... when he is dead.

Morality without a sense of paradox is mean.

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.