One passion leads to another. It's passion that makes the wheels of life turn, passion for work, passion for pleasure, passion for passion.

A beautiful woman is like a painting and remains beautiful no matter how old she is.

I am made of words. Cut me & I bleed sentences. Read me, & I speak to your soul.

All good art is political. Between the lines of every book, the author implants messages for the unsuspecting reader. If not, what point does it serve?

If you add the shadow of death to a moment of passion you are in that instant free of all normal ties, your mind grows still and your body enters a state of non-being.

If you are open to change and welcome surprise, you know the secret of creativity and the secret of life.

You don't become a success by breaking the rules. You don't become a success by obeying the rules. You become a success by inventing the rules.

There was a monster in me that had to be fed by success. There is a monster in us all that has to be fed by something.

Depression comes from not accepting the way things are - and seeing no way too change them.

It is in the nest of disappointment where depression lays its eggs.

Little matters much and much doesn't matter at all.

Finding a wife is easy

The aim is not for me to be right. The aim is to make sure that we keep the focus on the people who are suffering. That's what we're here for.

In gardens it's not just plants and insects and microbes that grow. People grow too, and the best bit is that they don't realise it's happening. It just happens.

Affection is important because it counters anger, hatred and suspicion that can prevent our minds from functioning clearly.

I want to make the world better.

There's nothing my housekeeper does that I can't do - and maybe better!

There's always hope... even when there isn't faith. And sometimes, without hope or faith, there must be charity.

The most tremendous genius raised Mozart above all masters, in all centuries and in all the arts.

The greatest engineering is the engineering of men.

I am a bad feminist and a good woman. I am trying to become better in how I think and say and do - without abandoning what makes me human.