I had walked along that street all my life, but had never been so aware that my back was to my home

You're so calm and quiet, you never say. But there are things inside you. I see them sometimes, hiding in your eyes.

It's those little daily incidents of life that are dramatic, and if you put a frame around it , suddenly they become much bigger and much more important than you ever imagined.

It's a rare book that wins the battle against drooping eyelids.

I find that when I come out of the library I'm in what I call the library bliss of being totally taken away from the distractions of life.

He saw things in a way that others did not, so that a city I had lived in all my life seemed a different place, so that a woman became beautiful with the light on her face.

Don't write about what you know - write about what you're interested in. Don't write about yourself - you aren't as interesting as you think.

As I get older, I use less jewelry - necklace or earrings each morning, not both; my clothes are getting more basic - fewer colours and simpler cuts; and my make-up is stripped back to basics.

The sign of a masterpiece: A painting when there's a lack of resolution.

You know I don’t listen to market gossip,” she began, “but it is hard not to hear it when my daughter’s name is mentioned.

I have consistently loved books that I've read when I've been sick in bed.

Without spontaneity in any sport, you cannot succeed.

I'd never buy something, even if it's a great brand, that is a competitor to something I already own; that's insane.

Don't you know That lovers make the rains, Call forth the sun, Re-route hurricanes, And exorcise earthquakes for fun.

A sound precipitates air, then fire, then water and earth- and that's how the world becomes.

We have a powerful potential in our youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends.

Always have fun but stay hungry. Find that balance.

It would be a joke if the conduct of the victor had to be justified to the vanquished.

Do you just want to get by? Or do you want to make me proud?

Are you so afraid that you are willing to trade your freedom for security?

The right to ridicule is far more important to society than any right not to be ridiculed because one in my view represents openness - and the other represents oppression.