Man does not only sell commodities, he sells himself and feels himself to be a commodity.

Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.'

Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.

It takes a moment to tell someone you love them, but it takes a lifetime to prove it.

Love isn't something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it is a practice.

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.

The lust for power is not rooted in strength but in weakness.

The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.

The scars left from the child's defeat in the fight against irrational authority are to be found at the bottom of every neurosis.

To love somebody is not just a strong feeling - it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise.

I feel like fashion and style is a big part of being an artist.

Life is the childhood of immortality.

You don't think I'm crazy?" I asked hesitantly. "Like I'm one to judge another persons sanity.

If your child's gonna be a star it's going to happen and just let it happen.

What the Court really has refused to recognize is the fundamental interest all individuals have in controlling the nature of their intimate associations.

I do believe that the party needs to evolve, or I won't be a part of it.

The world is a dangerous place, full of people who don't trust each other. This is why I am staying up in this tree.

When you're rereading or editing your book and you start to expect that this work is going to be reviewed, and you can sort of tell which line is going to show up in reviews.

I have never seen opponents so silent about their record, and so desperate to keep their power.

With two kids it's hard to find down time to write so I often write during their nap time.