I deem as heroic those who have the harder task, face it unflinchingly and live. In this world women do that.

There comes a time when you realize that everything is a dream, and only those things preserved in writing have any possibility of being real.

Love must wait; it must break one’s bones.

Women fall in love when they get to know you. Men are just the opposite. When they finally know you they're ready to leave

Sometimes you are aware when your great moments are happening, and sometimes they rise from the past. Perhaps it's the same with people.

I'm a frotteur, someone who likes to rub words in his hand, to turn them around and feel them, to wonder if that really is the best word possible.

Dresscodes are for styleless people.

Hope but not enthusiasm is the proper state for the writer.

What is the ultimate impulse to write? Because all this is going to vanish.

I like aristocracy. I like the beauty of aristocracy. I like the hierarchical feeling.

The whole joy of writing comes from the opportunity to go over it and make it good, one way or another.

continually we look at things about us without seeing more than a very little of what is there.

I tend to keep my style very classic. I like very girly, retro inspired, feminine floral things. I'm not very edgy.

Fame an fortune are nothing if you're not happy and healthy.

It's true that everything happens for a reason, but it is always our responsibility to choose the reasons.

Appeasers believe that if you keep on throwing steaks to a tiger, the tiger will become a vegetarian.

Take away the cross of Christ, and the Bible is a dark book.

Acting is one thing, but actually trying to change the world and the way people think to make people's lives better? That's the stuff I'm most proud of.

I was in the underground until I left Germany.

I love working on 'Glee,' and I hope that there are more and more parts for me and other actors with Down syndrome in television and in movies so I can keep working for a long, long time.

A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you.