A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into the sea. If he tries to climb out into the air as inexperienced people endeavor to do, he drowns.

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

The air of the New World seems favorable to the art of declamation.

It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.

I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to find yourself. Your own reality - for yourself, not for others - which no other man can ever know.

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.

We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness

If you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything .

There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.

To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.

I am going through transformation. I enjoy the different transitions.

I try to make sure that, when I'm writing, I don't put too much Cody in it. But I don't want to lose it either.

For TV I don't think I could have gotten a better part than Uncle Junior because of the intimacy of the character based on David Chase's brilliant writing.

I think that if you idealise someone for so long, they can only disappoint and I wouldn't want to be disappointed by those people.

The premise of my book is that everyone is a bit ideological to some extent. Everyone comes from a ideological perspective.

Every generation in America has faced the same question, do we we want America to be special? Or do we just want America to be another country? The time has come again.

Here we are, a man and a woman, both wanting the same things, and yet, you aren’t attracted to me.

She was gorgeous and fearless and I was in awe.

Actually, most people don't think I have too much sense because I would rather be fairly intelligent and act dumb instead of not having any sense at all and try to act smart.

If a company can declare bankruptcy, why can't a country do so?