I always feel that one should be loved passionately, not as a matter of course.

Love was indeed a big responsibility. One must use the word judiciously. One cannot love one day and take away love the next day. It is total caring.

Maybe, peace was preferable to pleasure. Maybe, peace is one’s first love.

Sometimes we have to wait for years to seek a really exceptional thing. I always wanted to give you the best thing in the world but ...

Sometimes a man does not accept life as given.

Misunderstandings arise only in undefined relationships

God knows how many times we miss nice things near at hand!

I shout at him to remind him of his duties. That does not mean that I do not trust him at all.

It was love, the real thing, nothing less or different.

Only the goodness of heart and an intellect to match can produce such a perfect woman in nature.

Any mistake in life is likely to show its ill effect one day.

Once a year I need to hear you tell me how proud you are of me for growing a little more.

I dont have that many friends.

I believe that everyone is destined for greatness, but most people aren't willing to pay the price it takes to get there.

We're going to renegotiate our disastrous trade deals and illegal immigration. Stop the massive inflow of refugees.

I do like Britney Spears. I think she's cute. I think she's fun. And I like her records. You know, I'm not a pop snob whatsoever. I think she makes great pop records.

Dance tango and you are literally plastered up against somebody's body

If you want to make life easy, make it hard.

Stories are hard. I have friends who knock out stories on a weekly or monthly basis, like they're running on medicinal-strength Updike. But for me a story is as daunting a prospect as a novel.

I also dreamt about finally meeting the leftist Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek. He is a great role model for me.

What history is, essentially, is a careening, out-of-control effort to find our way back to this state of primordial balance.