I violently dislike you, ' she said, and then she was gone, slamming the door and leaving a sort of shocked silence behind.

In the early '90s, New York was a pretty depressing place.

The role of religions in the domination and destruction of African civilizations was ruthless... Islam was as guilty as all the rest.

Women are aristocrats, and it is always the mother who makes us feel that we belong to the better sort.

Technology tends to fuel the imagination. People with a technological bent can get excited by sometimes the most hazardous technologies, if they think they can harness them safely.

I think it's always the emotional situations that are more tricky to nail and get into because I don't want to pretend.

Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

I live cinema and passionately love music, and my efforts in both these crafts are unfolding.

But meditate now on steadfastness and clarity, and let those be the wings that lift and soar through the celestial spheres.

Our greatest gain is to lose the wealth that is of such brief duration and, by comparison with eternal things, of such little worth; yet we get upset about it and our gain turns to loss.

Words slip into a language the way white-green vines slide between slats in a fence.