If you know a little bit the psychology of human beings, you have to understand that if you say something you should not do, then everybody wants to do it.

Life is too short to be lived badly.

The real war is not between the West and the East. The real war is between intelligent and stupid people.

All big changes of the world come from words.

Drawing is the first language of the human being before writing. It's a transcription of how the human being sees reality, not reality itself.

When we're afraid, we lose all sense of analysis and reflection. Our fear paralyzes us. Besides, fear has always been the driving force behind all dictators' repression.

Culture and education are the lethal weapons against all kinds of fundamentalism.

My mother always told me I had to do 100 times better than a man. I had to work hard at maths, and learn four languages.

The world is not about Batman and Robin fighting the Joker; things are more complicated than that. And nothing is scarier than the people who try to find easy answers to complicated questions.

The best thing I ever did in my life was to ask, 'Do I like everybody?' And the answer was, 'No.' So why should everybody like me? If people are against me, so what? I'm against them too.

Nothing's worse than saying goodbye. It's a little like dying.

If you cannot piece someone else's heart back to its original condition, don't dare to break it.

Be grateful for each moment, for we know not which will be our last.

They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has but I notice he usually blunders forward.

All my books have been titled based on a piece of the prose from inside the book.

Management must provide employees with tools that will enable them to do their jobs better, and with encouragement to use these tools. In particular, they must collect data.

I am a unique boutique product, I'm not for everybody.

You have to be true to who you are.

I am sure that if the devil existed, he would want us to feel very sorry for him.

Tottenham, and I hope the English fans will forgive me, are a club in mid-table and I need more.

On her daughters: I have a 5 year old and I have a 1 year old.