I find it hard to argue with Reagan's old slogan: Trust, but verify.

The only problem with getting married is that we can't fornicate anymore.

Gorbachev was acutely aware of the [USSR] economic problems, and it was central to all he did. He wanted to change the system in hopes of saving it. In the end he could not.

The man who fears nothing is as powerful as he who is feared by everybody.

Take care of your body from the inside out.

Steve Jobs was a real rock star to me. I looked forward to his products like people look forward to albums.

I shouldn't have named the chimps. It wasn't scientific. I didn't know. I knew nothing. And worse sin of all was that I was ascribing to them emotions like happiness, sadness and so forth.

Of all the knowledge that we can ever obtain, the knowledge of God, and the knowledge of ourselves, are the most important.

We are not responding to this instant if we are judging any aspect of it.

The actual breakthrough in the privacy of the studio, when one dares to apply paint in a new manner, is a solitary thrill, dependent upon no one else.

I didn't know I was going to become a designer; I was going to become a successful person, but I really wanted to be free.

I believe in finding a soulmate.

When I am writing a story it feels as real as the life I am experiencing off the page. It's an emotional illusion, I guess.