But there are other things than dissipation that thicken the features. Tears, for example.

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence.

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.

All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears.

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.

The mind is its own enemy, that fights itself with the innumerable pliant and ineluctable arms of the octopus.

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind.

When your children are teenagers, it's important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.

It was all right to feel fear, but sometimes a very bad idea to show it.

The greatest wonder of this world is the “Soul”. Once It is realized (attained), everything is attained!!!

Joy in your Job is possible to the extent you're willing to choose it.

If the same energy went into marketing movies to women as they do on the other demographics we might see more of a spike.

We do not need, and indeed never will have, all the answers before we act ... It is often through taking action that we can discover some of them.

The very earliest people who made film were magicians.

The U.S. isn't a perfect place, but it's better than most people have managed to come up with. And all my stuff is there.

Every authentic poem contributes to the labour of poetry... to bring together what life has separated or violence has torn apart.

Intimacy is really good. But then again, the first disk on the record is not intimate in the least. It's a really good CD.