I do not foresee a time when I shall feel that I have nothing to say.

And we all know love is a glass which makes even a monster appear fascinating.

The ratio of literacy to illiteracy is constant, but nowadays the illiterates can read and write.

The less one notices happiness, the greater it is.

It is what we are forced to do that forms our character, not what we do of our own free will.

Dictatorships are one-way streets. Democracy boasts two-way traffic.

When you aren't sincere you need to pretend, and by pretending you end up believing yourself; that's the basic principle of every faith.

I like to compare my method with that of painters centuries ago, proceeding from layer to layer.

War has become an affair of machines...and soldiers are little more than clever mechanics.

The novel as we knew it in the nineteenth century was killed off by Proust and Joyce.

I don't think it's possible to write a good novel around a negative personality.

Joy is a perception of elation which keeps us moving with life.

Unlocking your potential requires the key of faith.

It's been nice knowing you, Clara.'Huh? My brain still a bit shell-shocked.'Say a prayer for me, will you? He gives me a shaky grin. Because I'm pretty sure my parents are going to kill me

When a singer truly feels and experiences what the music is all about, the words will automatically ring true.

I create my success from within

If I wasn't a musician, I would be a serial killer.

I don't have lots of things in the background. I do like large faces, I find them strong and contemporary.

We all get 24 hours a day... It's up to us as to what we do with those 24 hours.

In order to help those around you, and in order to even be a good actress and a good mother at the same time, you have to know your worth.

I want to build a bridge to the 21st century that ends the permanent underclass, that lifts up the poor and ends their isolation, their exile, and they are not forgotten anymore.