By the end of the affair, she had acquired so much miserable information about men and women she almost decided to give up relationships for good.

She quickly interpreted him into her mythology but if, at first, he was a herbivorous lion, later he became a unicorn devouring raw meat.

It's often your worst self that makes you shine best

Before, I could only guess oh who I was. Now, thanks to my art, I know who I am.

The wise man's ... friendship is capable of going to extremes with many people evoked as it is by many qualities.

All the choir of heaven and furniture of earth - in a word, all those bodies which compose the frame of the world - have not any subsistence without a mind.

I don't do marriage. I think it's incredibly naff. And I don't like vulgar displays of ostentation.

I can do anything I want, I'm eccentric!

-I'm trying to make myself invisible. -That's an odd thing to attempt.

If I didn't have children I might be more of a lush than I am. I like booze. I struggle with smoking. And I'm a big swearer. I'm trying to rein it in but I do think it's a nice seasoning of language.

I am a pretty recognizable, like, I walk through the airport or something, you are going to spot me right away.

President Obama is an extraordinary person to work with and for.