If God had consulted me before embarking on the Creation, I would have suggested something simpler.

Sensible men no longer belive in miracles; they were invented by priests to humbug the peasants.

Had I been present at the Creation, I would have given some useful hints for the better ordering of the universe.

True beauty springs from the heart and dwells in the eyes.

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

When you translate the American writers who are best with dialogue into German - someone like Elmore Leonard, or Tom Wolfe, who's also quite good with dialogue. It's very hard to translate them well.

The effective thinker treats arrogance as the major sin of thinking.

Because it corresponds to a vital need, love is overvalued in our culture. It becomes a phantom - like success - carrying with it the illusion that it is a solution for all problems.

If you want to change the world, start with yourself.

Chanel was a workaholic. She must have had a lot to forget.

Is it any wonder that for millions of men the only intimacy is physical, silent, and predictable?

Now get some clothes on before the women around here are driven into a frenzy." He gave me a mournful look. "I'm afraid that'll happen with or without clothes, my dear.

Art is an artifice that you try to make seem natural.