It is only shallow people who require years to get rid of an emotion. A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure.

I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else.

If a man treats life artistically, his brain is his heart.

What fire does not destroy, it hardens

All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The secret is in listening to our own inner voice.

The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes.

I have often repented of having spoken, but never of having been silent.

There's a part of you that always remains a child, no matter how mature you get, how sophisticated or weary.

I always want to be able to be in a room where I know I'm going to be entertained and challenged.

She never called her son by any name but John; 'love' and 'dear', and such like terms, were reserved for Fanny.

I actually had to learn what an Oscar was.

And so figure skating was a great vehicle for me to kind of be competitive at something, without having to be big.

Why is the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song?

Sometimes we are only aware of how happy we are when the moment has passed. But now and again, if we are very lucky, we are aware of happiness when it is actually happening.