Life is stranger than any of us expected, There is a somber, imponderable fate.Enigma rules, and the heart has no certainty.

I thought my fireplace dead and stirred the ashes. I burned my fingers.

I was still searching for someone to blame for my suffering. I really wanted someone to transfer my hate to, so that I could stop hating myself.

We all must suffer from one of two pains, the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.

In times of change learners inherit the earth while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.

I consider the Christian religion so important, [Jesus is] somebody I can totally rely on in my own mind.

Either the translator leaves the author in peace, as much as is possible, and moves the reader towards him: or he leaves the reader in peace, as much as possible, and moves the author towards him.

When I go to dance clubs, I always dance with big girls, so we finish at the same time.

It's like someone jammed an electric light bulb in your face, and busted it. I thought half my head was blowed off...When he knocked me down I could have stayed there for three weeks.

Producers and studios want to make movies that are more appealing internationally and I think that you have to use your different cultures as an advantage to be able to make those movies.

You can fight a porcupine and win, but if other folks get a look at you they may think it's a bad idea to mess with porcupines.