Fact: More people are killed each year by teddy bears than by grizzly bears.

You long to jump off, but you just can't work up the nerve, so you tell yourself you're content to look at the view.

A woman could be as beautiful as she felt herself to be.

But when I close my eyes, I'm more like THIS under the surface: I'm laughing and scheming and dreaming.

One couldn't spend one's entire life waiting for life to start.

That makes sense, I suppose. But for me, reading is an adventure. It makes me an armchair traveler and takes me places I shall never be able to go.

There were times, however, when a man had to make a strategic retreat to win the game.

How much time do I get in exchange for that rose?”For the rose, a short engagement. For the speech, you get a lifetime.”I can live with that, ” he said, and kissed her.

We’re your friends. Our job is to tease you mercilessly about your foibles, rag you about your upright, honorable nature, and point out to you when you’re being a complete dolt.

Pardon me for not being willing to commit my entire future to you based on two kisses and a blueberry muffin.

Webs of deceit were not only tangled, they were also very lonely.

The duel may go on for long, but the self-defense often wins over the self-reproach.

I mean, making art is about objectifying your experience of the world, transforming the flow of moments into something visual, or textual, or musical, whatever. Art creates a kind of commentary.

When I come to a design decision, people know that is that.

Ex-Presidents of the United States get state subsidies. Not so in Russia. You get no government support.

It's always felt natural, because I'm generally very comfortable with people.

I'm telling you lady I'm only human, not looking for impossibility. Just a genuine woman with sincerity.

We have a tendency to condemn people who are different from us, to define their sins as paramount and our own sinfulness as being insignificant.

If you're going to have a story, have a big story, or none at all.

I just go for what makes me feel good. Especially in 2011, it's so easy to sound like a dickhead when describing yourself because anything anyone says is a catch-word or a buzz-phrase.

At 46 one must be a miser; only have time for essentials.