Maybe other people are like mirrors that we see ourselves in; versions of ourselves that vary dramatically depending on the particular cut of glass.

It is said that life is too short, and that’s quite true, unless you are lonely. Loneliness can bring time to its knees; an absolute and utter standstill.

I've known people whose faces rested naturally in a smile and I'm certain their lives were much different because of that.

We are all eccentrics in our dreams. Lunatics, even.

Books aren’t just my defenses, the sandbags I use to fortify my position; they are also the building blocks of my soul, and I am the sum of all I read.

I wonder if music is the only expression of the soul that is not hopelessly compromised in communication.

Without art; without paintings, books, sculpture and music, the human soul would be quite impenetrable, don't you think?

Different creeds are but different paths to reach the same God.

What can I say? Some women are killers.

The dying sun will glow on you without burning, as it has done today.

It's my country but I don't want to know about France - I was born there but I feel English.

Saddam Hussein's regime is a gray and gathering danger.

The law of Love is that you are Love, and that as you give Love to others you teach yourself what you are.

Sometimes I hope that through osmosis I might get a workout - just by wearing the clothes.

I talked with Quentin about where the character came from, and he told me Kansas City. I don't know how somebody talks from Kansas City, so I made him from New York.

It is good to know that out there, in a forest in the world, there is a cabin where something is possible.

The Obama-Clinton economy has done enormous damage to the Hispanic community.