Everything you draw is influenced. It's like yogurt. You need a little bit to start the next batch.

People are interested in relevant stories. In big events. But I'm not interested in big things; I'm interested in the smaller details of life.

The only way one can display learning is by playing with it. Because the truth is that there's something embarrassing about displaying heavy knowledge. You feel sort of annoying.

Women do have an affinity for evil, for believing that no woman is to be trusted, but that some men are too innocent to protect themselves.

Everyone has adventures in their lives. Some good ones, some bad ones.

Everything is going to be fine in the end. If it's not, it's not the end.

But truly, if I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

My father was predisposed to drunken rages. I would hide under the bed. My sister and I were talking just the other day about the terror a drunken man in a rage can create in a child.

In the beginning I looked around and, not finding the automobile of my dreams, decided to build it myself.

The best way of avenging thyself is not to become like the wrong-doer.

When you're hurt or angry, let go by tapping into your humbleness. You want people to remember you for your grace.

I've been to Paris. And it ain't that pretty at all.