Occasionally it does hit me, the words on a page. And I still love doing that, as I have for the last 60 years.

One is and is not in the centre of the maelstrom of it all.

There are some things one remembers even though they may never have happened.

All that happens is that the destruction of human beings - unless they're Americans - is called collateral damage.

The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend you remember.

Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you ... at any time.

Good writing excites me, and makes life worth living.

I don't think there's been any writer like Samuel Beckett. He's unique. He was a most charming man and I used to send him my plays.

I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate.

Don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?

This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I was so struck by this statement.

Attitude distinguishes between a winner and a loser.

Tis Love alone can make our Fetters please.

I'm going to be a vice president very much like George Bush was. He proved to be a very effective vice president, perhaps the most effective we've had in a couple of hundred years.

For so long Versace couture was identified with celebrities and music, which I love. But at the same time it could overwhelm the clothes.

It is necessary to do a systems analysis of your life. Look at where you gain power and where you lose power.

I am your own self and the self of all beings that exist.

Now naturally, like many of us, I have a reluctance to change too much of the old ways.

A youth is capable of bringing things together and changing the direction too. They can come together and bring changes. There is no need of breaking anything, but need is to bring changes.

There is nothing love cannot face; there is limit to its faith, its hope and endurance.

It is for women to come forward and choose the path of sacrifice for serving the nation.