I don't make a distinction between men and women. To me they are just people.

Fictional characters are made of words, not flesh; they do not have free will, they do not exercise volition. They are easily born, and as easily killed off.

In order really to write one has to sink deep into the self and become lost there.

All my life I have lied. I lied to escape, I lied to be loved, I lied for placement and power; I lied to lie. It was a way of living; lies are life's almost-anagram.

The past beats inside me like a second heart.

If I was asked to say what was the greatest invention of human beings, I would say the sentence.

Everything we do is tinged with the knowledge that this may be the last time that we will do this, and that makes what we're doing incredibly sweet.

We carry the dead with us only until we die too, and then it is we who are borne along for a little while, and then our bearers in their turn drop, and so on into the unimaginable generations.

To take possession of a city of which you are not a native you must first fall in love there.

For memory, we use our imagination. We take a few strands of real time and carry them with us, then like an oyster we create a pearl around them.

A man is not much if he can't depend on himself, and nothing if others can't depend on him.

Counting your chickens before they hatch is only wise if God has told you how many will survive.

Let your own discretion be your tutor suit the action to the word the word to the action.

Do you wish men to speak well of you? Then never speak well of yourself.

Whate'er the talents, or howe'er designed, We hang one jingling padlock on the mind.

Pure air, good water, sunshine, the beautiful surroundings of nature...these are God's means for restoring the sick to health.

But who does hawk at eagles with a dove?

The creative process of making a movie really turned me on. I'd started getting behind the scenes with a camcorder and VHS tape when making music videos.

Why go through life feeling cheated? It does nothing but make you bitter.

Magic is. But its power is nothing beside love. --Prince Carrick

I feel like there's no need to put on a heel that's too high. There's nothing cute about wobbling. There's nothing cute about not wanting to dance or walk somewhere because you're in pain.