Florence imagined the Hammer and Sickle metallurgical plant to be an enormous brick factory like the ones in New York. But as she approached she saw it was in fact a small city of its own

Their courtship unfolded in two settings, a Russian reality overlaid with New York memories

A Red Riding Hood out of her depths in the woods of socialism

She was arriving at a revelation that the secret to living was simply forgetting

The only way to learn who you are is to leave home.

Breaking your family's heart was the price you paid for rescuing your own.

The most fatal illusion is the settled point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one.

I consider chess an art, and accept all those responsibilities which art places upon its devotees.

I didn't realize how much people liked to bash SNL until I was on. I've always just liked it, and I've always watched it and been into it.

Destiny, I feel, is also a relationship - a play between divine grace and willful self-effort.

Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted.

All our anxieties relate to time.

Okay, well, I guess I'm still a kid. Because when I get really angry and fired up and I feel like my back is up against the wall, I will say vicious things.

I lied. I need your help." "Who are we killing?" "Do you have a pen?

The general will is always right.

When we judge others we contribute to violence.