It is youth that has discovered love as a weapon.

If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue.

The social sciences were for all those who had not yet decided what to do with their lives, and for all those whose premature frustrations led them into the sterile alleys of confrontation.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

Monica Seles: I'd hate to be next door to her on her wedding night.

Flogging. The only solution to every problem. I warrant even the culprit himself doesn't know! It was just... his... turn!

I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.

Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.

If you're going to be a prisoner of your own mind, the least you can do is make sure it's well furnished.

although I love a rich life, I hate an overcrowded life. I believe in rumination and lose half the beauty of all things when I am deprived of the time to ruminate.

But it's not enough to know right from wrong. You need the strength to do what's right, even when what you want most in the world is the wrong thing.

The attributes of a great lady may still be found in the rule of the four S's: Sincerity, Simplicity, Sympathy, and Serenity.

Today, we talk a lot about equality, but I think what most people mean by it is sameness - that everybody is the same - and they are afraid if they are not the same, they are not equal.

Few people would not be the worse for complete sincerity.

I'm a visual thinker. With almost all of my writing, I start with something that's visual: either the way someone says something that is visual or an actual visual description of a scene and color.

My real talent was for losing clients.

My perspective was always being on a number one show doesn't mean anything if I'm not still working consistently at 40 to 50 and 60 years old.

My parents regarded school teachers as higher beings, as did many immigrants.

If I never do another thing, I've met the good sweet people of the world.