He sent up another silent prayer to wherever desperate prayers go and took the first step toward what he hoped would be salvation.

History immortalises both the names of the greats and the tyrants without making a distinction between them.

I've had no problem harnessing anger.

This is the seashore. Neither land nor sea. It’s a place that does not exist.

It never hurts your eyesight to look on the bright side of things.

The first rule that a geisha is taught, at the age of nine, is to be charming to other women...Every girl in the world should have geisha training.

The kind of crabbing my wife likes to do is to return from an afternoon's swim or sunbathing session, open the refrigerator door, and find a generous plate of crab cakes all ready to cook.

Collin Singleton could no more stay cool than a blue whale could stay skinny or Bangladesh could stay rich

I'm sick of being self-referential. I don't want to do any more songs that can be accused of being personal.

I hate puns. And, I'm tired of pardoning them.

Unless a man learns how to create, he never becomes a part of existence, which is constantly creative. By being creative one becomes divine; creativity is the only prayer.