"Every wall is a door."

“I am undefinable. I don't fit into any particular category.”

Source : "Rufus Wainwright's got a full plate". Interview with J.D. Considine, beta.theglobeandmail.com. April 17, 2012.

“We must abandon the unworkable notion that it is morally reprehensible for some countries to pursue weapons of mass destruction, yet morally acceptable for others to rely on them for security - and indeed to continue to refine their capacities and postulate plans for their use”

“Keep in mind that life produces no maestros, only students of varying shades of ineptitude.”

“The triumph of the Romans was indeed sullied by their treatment of the captive king, whom they hung on a gibbet without the knowledge of their indignant general. This disgraceful act of cruelty which might be imputed to the fury of the troops, was followed by the deliberate murder of Withicab, the son of Vadomair; a German prince, of a weak and sickly constitution, but of a daring and formidable spirit.”

“I'm a stand-up comedian-turned-actor-turned-vampire at night.”

“When dogs are actually looking at you, they're essentially hugging you with their eyes.”

Source : The smartest dog in the world, www.cbsnews.com. October 05, 2014.

“I had a simple goal in life: to be true to my parents and our country as an honorable son, a caring brother, and a good citizen.”

Source : Inauguration speech of His Excellency Benigno Aquino III, President of the Philippines, at Quirino Grandstand in Manila (translated from Filipino), newsinfo.inquirer.net. June 30, 2010.

“I love your silences, they are like mine. You are the only being before whom I am not distressed by my own silences. You have a vehement silence, one feels it is charged with essences, it is a strangely alive silence, like a trap open over a well, from which one can hear the secret murmur of the earth itself.”