Democracy cannot be forced upon a society, neither is it a gift that can be held forever. It has to be struggled hard for and defended everyday anew.

First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want to burn you. And then they build monuments to you.

The writer sat besides the weeping Gilgamesh, swam out of all the unsinkable ships sank. He was there, and he wasn't. Like a naturalist observing the tarn of life from an unseen bubble of neutrality.

Love should dare everything when it has everything to fear.

I never share credit or desserts.

Being on 'The Sopranos' definitely prepared me for the militant secrecy of 'Mad Men.'

Gain control of the emotions. Be the helmsperson and not blown around by the winds of emotion. While there will be winds, you can navigate them or even use them to expedite your journey.

Sticking to one woman is a small price to pay for so much as having seen one woman.

Affection exaggerates its own offenses.

I was a child who had a life, who had hopes, and I wished that a bomb would not fall on my head.

I make black and white prints because I want to go back to the beginning.