I do not know whether I would not like much better to have produced one perfectly formed child by intercourse with the muses than by intercourse with my wife.

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.

Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

The evolution of human mentality has put us all in vitro now, behind the glass wall of our own ingenuity.

You can NEVER be like someone else! Just be yourself and you will find that you'll be much happier that way and accomplish more as well.

But fear of making mistakes can itself become a huge mistake, one that prevents you from living, for life is risky and anything less is already a loss.

Making a movie is, for me, like painting. I just enjoy the care that goes into every brushstroke and the choice of every color. I enjoy the intensity of it.

A man who was loved by 300 woman singled me out to live with him. Why? I was the only one without a cat.

Don't worry," I repiled, "I usually don't argue with the voices.

All that I'm concerned about is that my fans understand & that they like the music.

Tenderness and respect-never selfishness-must be the guiding principles in the intimate relationship between husband and wife

Don't milk the cow too hard. She will kick you.

My life is so much better, it's so much more enriched if I make the effort, if I actually celebrate with gladitude the fact that I get to be on this gorgeous planet.