But really, if you ask me, there is only one kid of plot. One. Stuff happens. That's it.

When I write, I can be heard. And known. But nobody has to look at me. Nobody has to see me at all.

It occurred to me that a lot of beauty has to do with believing it yourself. That half of what we see is just the way it is presented.

Romance goes like this: Boy gets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy gets girl again. The end. It can't be any other way.

Because there is a need to hear one story and to tell another.

In fact, being a unique individual is as much of a farce as trying to be like everyone else. Maybe more.

There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.

The back of Saint Peter's is one of the finest pieces of architecture I've ever seen.

The value of a thing sometimes lies not in what one attains with it, but in what one pays for it - what it costs us

What's interesting is that when you get into the post-war period, many of the narratives in books and movies conclude that if you killed Hitler, you're actually going to make history worse.

I think of the thrill of an intelligent woman talking just to me.

In spite of recent jazzed-up one-day matches, cricket to be fully appreciated demands leisure, some sunny warm days and an understanding of its finer points.

I fooled around with Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams got pregnant.

God gives His toughest battles to His strongest soldiers.

Regrettably, what we are now seeing is that the new U.S. government with Donald trump is stuck in the same old, partisan thinking patterns in terms of our resistance. That is a mistake.

Education is more valuable than money, in the long run.