He exuded wisdom-even the wisest...were pale, flickering candles next to the nourishing solar illumination of [his] insights.

Her two worlds, two lives that she tried so hard to keep separate, were crashing together. And she felt helpless to stop it.

The nation is trying to make Chile a country of proprietors, not of proletarians.

I know," he said, looking down at himself self-consciously. "I am not-I mean, I look-" "Beautiful," she said, and she meant it. "You look beautiful, James Carstairs.

For whatever reason, acting took the front seat but all of the projects that I've been doing seem to have some sort of musical element to them.

Science has heroes, but no gods. The great Names are not our superiors, or even our rivals, they are passed milestones on our road; and the most important milestone is the hero yet to come.

In this time of recession, it is the time for invention. Did you know both the telephone and the automobile were invented during recessions? So was 'talking dirty.'

I always listen to music when I write, I need a rhythm to write.

Wise men never grow up; indeed, they grow younger, for they lose the appalling worldly wisdom of youth.

The history of humanity is not the history of its wars, but the history of its households.

Beauty is about perception, not about make-up.

I would never want to discourage anyone from listening to the news, heaven forfend. But I thought, you know, when I'm recommending music to people I like to recommend stuff that I think they'll like.