In the post-Warhol era a single gesture such as uncrossing one's legs will have more significance than all the pages in War and Peace.

A kind of banalization of celebrity has occurred: we are now offered an instant, ready-to-mix fame as nutritious as packet soup.

He walked into the bathroom, wincing at himself in the mirror, that always more tired older brother.

Hillary Clinton wants to put all the miners out of business.

It's interesting to watch where music is going next. Isn't it always rotating? It is so weird how disposable pop music is, even mine. It just goes by so fast.

Wars do not end wars any more than an extraordinarily large conflagration does away with the fire hazard.

Personally I don't think solving corruption is such a big problem.

We invented words; we'll tell you how they're supposed to sound.

It is important to remember that at first blush, going sane feels just like going crazy.

I'd never say no to surgery in the future, because I feel like, as I get older, I'm going to face temptation more.

He gave life to the breath- oxygen, a simple gas, he transferred into words, ideas, hope.

Compassion is the heart that never stops loving others. It is like a wellspring that never runs dry.

We are not justified by doing good works, but being justified we then do good.