I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be The candle or the mirror that reflects it.

The desire for symmetry, for balance, for rhythm in form as well as in sound, is one of the most inveterate of human instincts.

To visit Morocco is still like turning the pages of some illuminated Persian manuscript all embroidered with bright shapes and subtle lines.

One can remain alive ... if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity interested in big things and happy in small ways.

If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.

The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!

Nothing is more perplexing to a man than the mental process of a woman who reasons her emotions.

One of the great things about travel is you find out how many good, kind people there are.

Set wide the window. Let me drink the day.

Life is always either; a tight -rope or a feather-bed . — Give me the tightrope.

I find learning to be the most valuable of all the treasures in the world. It's priceless.

I always miss the depth, It becomes old when I see . To see beyond that is like a dream. Memory Loss .

Within you, within all human beings, is a seed of greatness that makes their kind quake with fear.

An idler and a sluggard are as different as a gourmand and a glutton.

At 35 years of age, I realized that my ballet career wasn't going to last for ever. As a parent of three young children, I had to start to plan my future after dance even though I dreaded about.

The death of over 120 white people is a very beautiful thing.

The universe of poetry is the universe of emotional truth. Our material is in the way we feel and the way we remember.

I don't understand why it has to be either - or - either socialism or democracy. Why can't we combine things to get the best of each system?

It was hard, that confrontation scene [in "Fences"], that was a hard one. I felt like it was relentless, I never felt like I could just drop the ball when the coverage was on him or anything else.

It's been a strange [summer].... I was sent by a magazine to photograph famous photographers.... Of course, I included myself.