One of my greatest obsessions is the lights of a city. Through my eyes there is nothing so delicious and rich and lovely.

I dream of the stars, ” I let the words slip gaily from my mouth as my imagination finally got carried away. “I dream of taking every one of them in my hands and kissing them.

I rocketed a commanding finger to the heavens and it rained stardust upon our young heads.

Is the ocean simply a great pool of tears? I should like to think that even the stars must cry.

Bravery is never measured by the magnitude of the actions, but rather by the choices made.

The ocean will always betray me. No matter how beautiful it is.

Existing is going through the motions of life with no zeal and feeling you have no control

I want the reader to feel something is astonishing. Not the 'what happens,' but the way everything happens. These long short story fictions do that best, for me.

A champion shows who he is by what he does when he's tested. When a person gets up and says 'I can still do it', he's a champion.

I feel the matter of my heart being transformed, metallized, in an optimism of steel.

A cunning woman is a knavish fool.

Children will grow up substantially what they are by nature--and only that.

Power at its best is love implementing the demand of justice.

I spend most of my time catching up on classic comedy - things you absolutely have to see.

The child does not begin to fall until she becomes seriously interested in walking, until she actually begins walking. Falling is thus more an indication of learning than a sign of failure.

It's easy to be a backseat driver. It's even easier to be a backseat driver when you're not even in the same car.