Culture, then, only truly becomes culture when it is embodied in someone.

It is not always necessary to search for the cause behind everything, because every cause is unfounded. A cause only looks like a cause from a certain viewpoint.

Leo: I'm almost out of gas! Woah, that came out wrong. I meant the burning kind!

I want to paint the way a bird sings.

Try as one may, it is impossible to deny one's nature

Language is the ticket to plot and character, after all, because both are built out of language.

There certainly is a case to be made that taxes should be more progressive.

Etiquette has no regard for moral qualities.

For women, the sexual act is a means to a higher end. For a man, it is an end in itself.

The precise moment at which a great belief is doomed is easily recognisable; it is the moment when its value begins to be called in question.

This is the difference between depression and sorrow - sorrowful, you are in great trouble because something matters so much; depressed, you are miserable because nothing really matters.

Obesity is a prison; in the US we spend more to treat type 2 diabetes each year than is spent on education.