It was a stillness so profound one had to adjust one’s hearing to it.....The silence seemed to be trying to tell him something about itself.

You can have tons of talent, but it won't necessarily keep you fed. If you have sharp instincts, through, you'll never go hungry.

I don't have a thing, " Tengo said, "except my soul.""Sounds like a job for Mephistopheles, " she said.

To be a Russian writer at the end of the nineteenth century must have meant bearing an inescapably bitter fate. The more they tried to escape from Russia, the more deeply Russia swallowed them.

We are suspicious of grace. We are afraid of the very lavishness of the gift.

You need to take some acting classes to learn to hide your huge crush on my husband better

Sleep riches and health to be truly enjoyed must be interrupted.

I am more interested in revolutionary beauty than in the great beauty, to be honest. Italian cinema is now mostly a bureau for tourism. We have given up that revolution of the contemporary.

That a man lives is because he is straight. That a man who dupes others survives is because he has been fortunate enough to be spared.

A voice is such a deep, personal reflection of character.

Truly I have looked in the very heart of darkness and refused to yield to its paralyzing influence, but in spirit I am one of those who walk the morning.

The better you are at communicating, negotiating, and handling your fear of rejection, the easier life is.

I expect that you must receive top marks at school, young lady." Madeleine smiled as she stirred her tea. "There are always rewards for those who state the obvious frequently and with conviction.

At the end of the day, the team you build is the company you build.