It was so much more comfortable to be able to divide people into heroes and villains and expect them to play their allotted part.

My happiness has to come from within myself or it is too fragile a thing to be of any use to me and too much of a burden to benefit any of my loved ones.

The suffering of a loved one was in many ways worse than one's one suffering because it left one feeling so very helpless.

Science, like art, is not a copy of nature but a re-creation of her.

You like him, Rose. Why don't you just admit that, at least to me?

There are three perquisites for living:1. Be yourself.2. Get over yourself (Things people have done to you

The rain could turn to gold and still your thirst would not be slaked. Desire is unquenchable or it ends in tears, even in heaven.

Only the impossible is worth attempting. In everything else one is sure to fail.

I find fragrance to be such a mood enhancer and definitely a seduction tool.

You can create art that makes people feel better.

That's one thing about Hollywood. People don't always want what's real. People always want a little more. So for me, it's a compromise. Here you go, that hyper-reality.

I really cherish everything that basketball brings; and I think, for me, it's been a great ride and I'm not done yet.