Everyone is right up there at the very brink of their pain limit.

Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn.

Religious belief is without reason and without dignity, and its record is near-universally dreadful.

Probably human cruelty is fixed and eternal. Only styles change.

My life looked good on paper - where, in fact, almost all of it was being lived.

When the past is forgotten, the present is unforgettable

Closure is a greasy little word which, moreover, describes a nonexistent condition. The truth, Venus, is that nobody gets over anything.

Perhaps there are other bits of my life that would take on content, take on shadow, if only I read more and thought less about money.

When you’ve lost all your play, guess what love becomes. Work. Work that gets harder every hour.

Love is blind; but it makes you see the blind man; teetering on the roadside . . .

Every 10 years you're a different person, and the really great books evolve with you as you get older. They're full of new rewards.

Small things start us in new ways of thinking

Fate is just another word for people's choices coming to a head. Destiny, coincidence, whatever you name it. It inevitably lies in our hands.

I'm very strict with my packing and have everything in its right place. I never change a rule. I hardly use anything in the hotel room. I wheel my own wardrobe in and that's it.

Consider that this day ne'er dawns again.

God planted a dream in your heart for a reason. No one else can dream it for you. No one else will accomplish it for you.

The problem of viruses is temporary and will be solved in two years.

Love is a fire/It burns everyone/It disfigures everyone/It is the world's excuse for being ugly.

I trust people. So I make my music for people not for candidates.

Hope does not disappoint.

A market is not politically neutral; its existence creates economic power which one actor can use against another.