I myself have become a Gaullist only little by little.

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?

Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.

He who laughs last didn't get the joke.

M is for magic. All the letters are, if you put them together properly. You can make magic with them, and dreams, and, I hope, even a few surprises...

The image I'd had of myself as a child was someone I'd never be, and it was only recently that I realized it was okay to be who I was. - Cat

For every writer, there is a challenge of time that is only magnified in the solitude of the work.

As for me all I know is that I know nothing.

Harlem is filled with moments of history.

Inspiration has to be natural for me, not so considered, I am not saying that is right or wrong, it's simply what works for me.

I sing songs that I have lived or I write them because I have lived them. I think the believability factor is key.

Drugs allows us to taste the beyond but do not make us masters of the transcendental.

Fools give you reasons and wise men never try.

The early Christians condemned false doctrine in a way that sounds almost unchristian today.