One must always try to see the truth of a situation - it makes things universal.

That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am doing - which is never an easy thing to do.

The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it.

One isn’t born one’s self. One is born with a mass of expectations, a mass of other people’s ideas – and you have to work through it all.

Most people are not really free. They are confined by the niche in the world that they carve out for themselves. They limit themselves to fewer possibilities by the narrowness of their vision.

It is wrong to have an ideal view of the world. That's where the mischief starts. That's where everything starts unravelling.

The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.

Home is, I suppose just a child's idea. A house at night, and a lamp in the house. A place to feel safe.

One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria.

The world is always in movement.

All the details of the life and the quirks and the friendships can be laid out for us, but the mystery of the writing will remain. No amount of documentation, however fascinating, can take us there.

Love is wind for the soul

What it's like to be a parent: It's one of the hardest things you'll ever do but in exchange it teaches you the meaning of unconditional love.

Exposure makes you famous, not just good work. Famous is being plastered everywhere.

Designing a product and understanding how it filters through into the market and into the rest of the company is very important to me.

It became normal for women on the internet to adopt gender-neutral or male screen names.

The only exercise I get is on the stage. If I didn't get that, I'd get a little round around the tummy, as much as I eat.

We need to reform our school lunch programs. We need to get healthy items into the vending machines.

Where do you think you would be now if Jesus would not have saved you when He did.

I never claimed to be famous. Notorious I have always been.

The more you stop giving power to your excuses, the more you'll send power to your dreams.