It is well to be alone. It fertilizes the creative impulse.

Degenerates are not always criminals, prostitutes, anarchists and pronounced lunatics; they are often authors and artists

If I despised myself, it would be no compensation if everyone saluted me, and if I respect myself, it does not trouble me if others hold me lightly.

The artist writes, paints, sings or dances the burden of some idea or feeling off his mind.

The first condition a community should set, if it aspires to be a nation, is to own the land whereon it lives, and supply its own needs.

[H]istory is a melodrama on the theme of parasitism, characterized by scenes that are exciting or dull, as the case may be, and many a sudden stagetrick.

A random act of kindness, no matter how small, can make a tremendous impact on someone else's life.

Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority.

[On being told by a horse show spectator that she looked like Princess Anne:] I think I'm a bit better-looking than she is.

Economy is going without something you do want in case you should, some day, want something you probably won't want.

Trust your intuition and be guided by love.

Do you know anybody under 25 that gives a damn whether you marry a man if you're a man or if you marry a woman if you're a woman? No.

The world is nothing but a great desire to live and a great dissatisfaction with living.

Consider yourself lightly; consider the world deeply.

Actors need a kind of aggression, a kind of inner force. Don't be only one-sided, sweet, nice, good. Get rid of being average. Find the killer in you.

It doesn't prove anything except that you're bullying us. Which, as I recall, is a sign of cowardice.