Most of the oils which are valued as scents are mixtures of substances; only the combined effect of these leads to the known result.

As soon as science has solved one problem, new ones arise. This is the essence of science, and it applies, of course, also to the field of essential oils.

One would think that plants belonging to the same genus would always produce identical or at least similar oils. But this is by no means so.

I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead

You have come to earth to entertain and to be entertained.

When a dream of dying actually becomes a chance to live... all you have to do is fall.

It was over before I even had a chance.

Cinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your originality.

The issue is privacy. Why is the decision by a woman to sleep with a man she has just met in a bar a private one, and the decision to sleep with the same man for $100 subject to criminal penalties?

Our lives with all their miracles and wonders are merely a discontinuous string of incidents - until we create the narrative that gives them meaning

It's a real wrenching thing to go from being a private person to being a public person, especially when you're being autobiographical.

More often than not, what animals require our protection from is not hurricanes or fires, but abuse at the hands of other people.

If there is a heaven, Jane Austen is sitting in a small room with Mother Teresa and Princess Diana, listening to Duran Duran, forever. If there's a hell, she's standing.