I write because I'm a writer. It is rather like cooking: to make something out of the raw material at hand.

All food is the gift of the gods and has something of the miraculous, the egg no less than the truffle.

In Europe, where human relations like clothes are supposed to last, one's got to be wearable. In France one has to be interesting, in Italy pleasant, in England one has to fit.

public opinion, the sum of private opinions, does matter, can matter often for good.

The future of human society. Had it made an irrevocably false start? The compass error that gets harder to correct with every mile you go?

All wealth is relative; and so is its absence.

It would seem that in history it's never a tooth for a tooth, but a thousand, a hundred thousand for one.

The diamonds glinted under the glare of the chandelier and they looked like a thousand spider eyes

I have never voted in my life.

The satisfaction comes from working next to 500 photographers and coming away with something different.

Truly, men make too little use of their lives; and so it is no wonder that the world should still be in such a poor way.

The fact was I had the vision... I think everyone has... what we lack is the method.

A good director has to be a captain - he has to work with a lot of people every day.

How does a sesame seed stick to a bun? That's magical. There must be some sesame seed glue out there. Either that or they're adhesive on one side. Peel off the backing, place it on the bun.

The warrior of light listens to what his opponent has to say. He only fights if absolutely necessary.

authority love your neighbor.no matter what the condition is. even if it means to sacrifice your plan to do what he or she wants.

The dull, purblind folly of the very rich men, their greed and arrogance, and the corruption in business and politics, have tended to produce a very unhealthy condition.