It is stupid to grieve for the loss of a girl friend: you might never have met her, so you can do without her.

We do not remember days, we remember moments.

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.

Remember, writing poetry is like making love: one will never know whether one's own pleasure is shared.

We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only by living though it.

Lessons are not given, they are taken.

The only joy in the world is to begin. It is good to be alive because living is beginning, always, every moment.

The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies. The fearful thing about it is that, not knowing what truth may be, we can still recognize lies.

We never remember days, only moments.

Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.

I want something good to die for. . . to make it beautiful to live.

Most of the women in film are there to be beautiful to the man.

Tim Henman has the all-time Betty Crocker draw. We're talking Easy Bake Oven.

The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities.

And the books you write. They're not you. They're not me sitting here, this Henry Miller. They belong to someone else. It's terrible. You can never rest.

We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise, we harden.

I ran like a cheetah - well, like a cheetah that smoked too much.

If things were a little better known and understood, we would all lead happier lives.

You have to believe in what you're doing otherwise what's the point?

What you fear most will happen to you - that is the law.