I love everything that's beautiful. A lot of things.

Even if you have $20,000 to buy an item, you still try to get a good price at antique stores. I collect furniture, rugs, paintings, frames. It's my hobby to go around to shops and markets.

When I go to a country, I go to flea markets, antique stores. I am always looking for something.

They offered me one cover about 10 years ago, and I said, no, I can't do it. I'm happy to cover up now.

Collecting is my passion.

I take care of my flowers and my cats. And enjoy food. And that's living.

Collecting is my joy; it gives me great satisfaction.

I wanted to be a decorator. I wanted to interior design homes and do everything myself.

I hate to look at myself in a mirror, and I never go and see films.

Everything is a piece of me, a moment of my life.

I don't have time to think about age. There are so many things to do.

If I have nothing but a room full of books, it is enough for me to survive life.

In the light, we find the light of life.

You’re too old for fairy tales, ” Baasen said.

I do not paint what I see, but what I saw.

A holy war is a contradiction in terms. War dehumanizes, war diminishes, war debases all those who wage it.

I learned to always take on things I'd never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist.

There was a possibility I could have been out of the NBA. It's taught me something that was a little deeper than basketball. I'm talking about life decisions.

Life is not linear; you have ups and downs. It's how you deal with the trough that defines you.

The writer gleans wind scraps; he listens wherever he can. Each day is full of instances; what counts, as with all stimuli, is the sympathetic response.

Honest people have no ethics