Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals.

Real genius of moral insight is a motor which will start any engine.

No two persons ever read the same book.

If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.

There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.

In a sense, one can never read the book that the author originally wrote, and one can never read the same book twice.

In times of disorder and stress, the fanatics play a prominent role; in times of peace, the critics. Both are shot after the revolution.

I have learned to read the papers calmly and not to hate the fools I read about.

The most immoral and disgraceful and dangerous thing that anybody can do in the arts is knowingly to feed back to the public its own ignorance and cheap tastes.

Keep going; never stop; sit tight; Read something luminous at night.

Only the curious will learn and only the resolute will overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence quotient.

Being in love, I find myself smiling for no reason at all...

The heavenly Father foreknew the future.

I own a home in Sweden, I rent in both Los Angeles and in Britain, and I'm constantly travelling.

People have to deal with their issues together; they have to expose themselves and kind of exhaust themselves.

Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.

Unlike diamonds, watches were practical. They were for people on the run, people with appointments to keep and schedules to meet.

I have no interest in saying "This is who I am! This is what I'm like!"

I always thought I had crooked eyebrows and crooked teeth. That's why I never understood why people called me a beauty.

The brain forgets much, but the lower back remembers everything.

The height of mediocrity is still low.