At the heart of every legend there is a grain of truth.

The strong survive, but the courageous triumph.

A boy and a girl, dressed in the T-shirts and denim that are the shabby uniform of this age.

They ex­pect­ed to lose. And there­fore, they lost. [..] Peo­ple who start think­ing deep dark thoughts in the mid­dle of a war start ex­pect­ing to lose.

Master the rules of the game until you can play it better they can.

Some stories wait their turn to be told, others just tap you on the shoulder and insist you tell them.

A warrior with a cause is the most dangerous soldier of all

You might argue that the history of contemporary art is a series of avant-garde movements, each new wave outraging the last.

The problem with contemporary art is that no one bothers to do the research necessary to give people what they want.

He who retreats lives longer.

Artists want to sell their work, sure. But they aren't out there asking questions about what people want and what they don't want, now are they?

People will sometimes find themselves attracted to others, that's just who they are. It's what they do with that attraction that defines them.

I have no complaints, except for the world.

Don't worry about the future.

If words could break souls, my words just broke his in two.

If you treat a girl like a dog, she is going to piss on you.

Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.

I have a suspicion the blacks model themselves on the whites now that they're in power. 'Don't you know who we are, man?'

Pliable human nature is relentlessly pressed upon by its physical environment.

The one pleasure that never palls is the pleasure of not going to church.

There are not more than five primary colours, yet in combination they produce more hues than can ever been seen.