Hell is more like boredom, or not having enough to do, and too much time to contemplate one's deficiencies.

The best things arrive on time.

when a gourd is hollowed out it becomes empty and is of great use to the world because of its emptiness.

There are no happy endings, there are only happy people.

People need dreams, there's as much nourishment in them as food.

A man from hell is not afraid of hot ashes.

my rebelliousness went so deep that, faced with a can of asparagus that instructed me to open at this end, I always, stubbornly, opened it at the other.

We overlook how much in our lives is invisible; love, for instance; thought, God, the future, time, faith, hope and even the electricity that brings us light.

... old clothes, old friends, old books. One needs constants in a traveling life.

If something anticipated arrives too late it finds us numb, wrung out from waiting, and we feel - nothing at all. The best things arrive on time.

Both therapy and friendship possessed the common denominator of discovering a self.

Socialism is not a meritocracy. By definition it places increasingly confining restraints on those that succeed the most.

I always read poetry before I write, to sensitize me to the rhythms and music of language.

One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people's minds.

I'm good at reading people.

As the only woman, I was able to sit with the officers in front, with a glass of vodka in one hand and a cucumber in the other. That's how I went to my first war.

I always just thought if you see somebody without a smile, give'em yours!

There is not much difference between a mortal man and a dying man. The absurdity of making plans is only slightly more obvious in the second case.

Never ruin a good painting with the truth.

I'm happier than I've ever been in life. Happy with my life outside of racing. Really happy with my life inside the garage.

You have my word. If you return with me, you won't be harmed. I'd die first.