If you can live in Paris, maybe you should.

Politicians were like talking dogs in a circus: the fact that they existed was uncommonly interesting, but no sane person would actually believe what they said

Whether you like it or not, Paris is the beating heart of Western civilisation. It's where it all began and ended.

You can't make accommodations in crucial situations and be heroic.

Wherever God has planted you, you must know how to flower - translated from a French saying

Live today, for tomorrow we die.

I have a very serious censorship office inside my head; it censors things that I could tell you that you would never forget, and I don't want to be the person to stick that in your brain.

The best Paris I know now is in my head.

Once you have your characters, they tell you what to write, you don't tell them.

One is what one has the nerve to pretend to be.

If you're a writer, you're always working.

Rationalizing is another road that leads to hell.

It's no wonder I became a monster, too.

Communication will bring understanding and understanding will cause harmonious mutual relationships which can establish peace and stability.

With childhood comes a brief grace period of ignorant bliss -- when you're not aware of the pain around you. That is the most special, truly unique time. It is the core of adult lament.

Voice over can be tricky. It can be dangerous because it's over-used or inappropriately used.

The Web itself doesn't as much change the way we do things as it changes the ease with which we do things. And that changes the way we do everything.

My contention is that that style is just as stylized as an ornate style.

Every time you defeat a temptation, you become more like Jesus!

The planting of trees is the least self-centered of all that we can do. It is a purer act of faith than the procreation of children.

Quiet cunning bested boastful brawn