It was extremely difficult to keep up any pace over the rocks since they were so unpredictable and devoid of reason. Their senselessness had never so much impressed me.

It is not enough that I succeed, everyone else must fail.

Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.

A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.

We can only learn to love by loving.

Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wavelength of ours all they hear is a continuous scream.

We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.

He was a sociologist; he had got into an intellectual muddle early on in life and never managed to get out.

Our actions are like ships which we may watch set out to sea, and not know when or with what cargo they will return to port.

The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart.

I feel half faded away like some figure in the background of an old picture.

The costliest myth of our time has been the myth of the Communist monolith.

The status quo is simply unacceptable.

The celebrity-making machine-photographers, paparazzi, press and stuff like that-can be ruthless.

You know you're getting old when kids start to dress like you used to and movies are made about your teen life.

I'm now much more aware of my mental state. I have a lot more control over it and can choose how I feel.

Corruption is simply crime without conscience.

It is a lack of commitment, not a lack of talent, that damns you to mediocrity.

I adore the company of other writers because they are so often lively minds and, frequently, blazingly funny. And of course, we get each other in a unique way.

The red carpet is a beautiful situation for people. I think everybody appreciates it and loves it and honors it. Nobody really acts a fool because they know this is a one-time thing.

A woman only obliges a man to secrecy, that she may have the pleasure of telling herself.