Evil is international and the fanatic is international and universal. There is no difference between a Muslim fanatic, a Christian fanatic, even a secular fanatic.

Life is too short to be lived badly.

The real war is not between the West and the East. The real war is between intelligent and stupid people.

All big changes of the world come from words.

Drawing is the first language of the human being before writing. It's a transcription of how the human being sees reality, not reality itself.

When we're afraid, we lose all sense of analysis and reflection. Our fear paralyzes us. Besides, fear has always been the driving force behind all dictators' repression.

Culture and education are the lethal weapons against all kinds of fundamentalism.

My mother always told me I had to do 100 times better than a man. I had to work hard at maths, and learn four languages.

The world is not about Batman and Robin fighting the Joker; things are more complicated than that. And nothing is scarier than the people who try to find easy answers to complicated questions.

The best thing I ever did in my life was to ask, 'Do I like everybody?' And the answer was, 'No.' So why should everybody like me? If people are against me, so what? I'm against them too.

Nothing's worse than saying goodbye. It's a little like dying.

If you think someone is AWESOME, tell them! The world NEEDS more of THAT!

Man is nature's sole mistake.

Alcohol-inspired fights are a reminder of the price we pay for our daily submission at the altars of prudence and order.

The most important thing for anyone, I think, is to be engaged, whether you're an artist or a journalist is to be engaged in the process at some level.

Focusing on food and exercise changed my life.

Did you find yourself?" "What?" said my sister. "Did you find yourself?" "She found me," I said.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

When someone is always looking over their shoulder, they're more likely to trip.

The knowledge of the past times and of the places of the earth is both an ornament and nutriment to the human mind.

From the look of us, you'd never know we slept in the same bed last night and made out like the world was going to end if we stopped.