My only real claim to anyone's attention lies in my writing

True education flowers at the point when delight falls in love with responsibility.

You cannot change what you are, only what you do.

That's the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old.

After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.

One curious thing about growing up is that you don't only move forward in time; you move backwards as well, as pieces of your parents' and grandparents' lives come to you.

We don't need lists of rights and wrongs, tables of do's and don'ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not is soon forgotten, but Once upon a time lasts forever.

I stopped believing there was a power of good and a power of evil that were outside us. And I came to believe that good and evil are names for what people do, not for what they are.

If you want something you can have it, but only if you want everything that goes with it, including all the hard work and the despair, and only if you're willing to risk failure.

Read like a butterfly, write like a bee.

Just finished 'Secrecy' - truly enthralling both as a love story and as a tale of suspense - but much more than both.

Your exuberance, passion, mesmerizing voice, animated actions, and eyes full of dreamscaptured my attentionso completely, that I didn't feel the bitter taste of coffee

Joking with somebody's emotions makes you cold person.

Your defeat begins of the exact spot, which you had felt secure.

I am satisfied to trifle away my time, rather than let it stick by me.

I think that's the answer to a good marriage. Everyone has their own room.

Scientists often seek predictively accurate models, rather than models that are true.

I just want to work forever. I absolutely love what I'm doing. I learn all the time from all these amazing artists.

When it comes to Fashion Week, I think it's time to hit a refresh.

Don't get upset girl, that's how it goes. I don't love you hoes, I'm out the door.

At some point just about all of us experience loneliness. In a sense, it is what it means to be a sentient animal, to have an experience of separation from others.