Famous people complain about fame, but they never want to give it back, myself included.

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.

The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.

My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder why feminism had become a dirty word.

Go, " she whispered. "Go. Show them you spell your name W-O-M-A-N.

I cried out at the sudden visitation of pain, everyone in a silent church standing in a rustle of suits and dresses to bend back their longest fingernail.

The Japanese Prime Minister has apologized for Japan's part in World War II. However, he still hasn't mentioned anything about karaoke.

I'd rather see folks doubt what's true than accept what isn't.

I found that when I talk to the little flower or to the little peanut they will give up their secrets . . .

You write in order to change the world ... if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change it.

Ultimately every trick succeeds or fails with an audience because of its plot.

It's nice to be known as a good player. But I want to be known as a good person, too.

Anyway I will go same road because I, I was born in gymnastics. This is my, how to say, my life and my duty.

If you keep examining your mind, you'll come to see that thoughts of who you are and how it all is are creating the reality you're experiencing.