Lost in a book is a great place to be found.

Art builds upon art, builds upon art...nothing is purely original. We're all inspired by something...or someone. It's a never-ending chain of ideas...and it's magical.

Creativity abides no absolutes.

Wisdom is the daughter of experience

The worst thing that can happen to us is that our wings melt and we fall into the sea.

You cannot always run from a weakness. You must sometime fight it out or perish.

The only ugliness is that of the heart, seen through the face. And though beauty be obvious, the only loveliness is invisible.

Racism? But isn't it only a form of misanthropy?

Sometimes disaster is our teacher. I don't welcome it, but if it comes, there is something to be learned from it.

When people don't want 'em, when they profit from the division, however, be it politically or financially, that's when I abhor it.

The Jivanmukta ('the living free' or one who knows) alone is able to give real love, real charity, real truth, and it is truth alone that makes us free.

It seems like people don't learn from the past.

I have very good knife skills. I learned to butcher on my second job - I was 18 years old. Every other day we would break down six legs of veal.