I can easily do without people (there are days when I could easily do without myself), and ... in the country of books where I dwell, the dead can count entirely as much as the living.

Unkindness almost always stands for the displeasure that one has in oneself.

It matters less to venerate things than to live with them on terms of good friendship.

The sight or sound of perfect things causes a certain suffering.

Our present-day artists do not transform, they deform. That gives pleasure to nobody. It changes everything, therefore it changes nothing.

Abstract art: a construction site for high fashion, for advertising, for furniture.

German civility, which often seems stiff to us, shows an attentive and touching respect for the person that I often prefer to our offhandedness.

Knowledge is a better weapon than a sword.

The only book Knight didn't steal was the one he most often saw. 'I had no need for a Bible, ' he said.

You want to BE happy and HAVE success? Join those words, BE+HAVE… To experience success in your life requires that you decide what you want and BEHAVE accordingly.

There's a beauty in being part of a band, when there's equality and trust.

You don't feel like smiling? Then what? Force yourself to smile. Act as if you were already happy, and that will tend to make you happy.

The world is older and bigger than we are. This is a hard truth for some folks to swallow.

Misfortune is never invited. And it comes and sits at the table without permission and it eats, leaving nothing but bones.

Superglue after duct tape a girl's best friend.

I really like pop music, I don't think it's a four-letter word.

I'm going to live my life like I've got one life to live.