People don't speak of hunger when they know what it is to be hungry.

There are shortcuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them.

Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.

Worries are the most stubborn habits in the world. Even after a poor man has won a huge lottery prize, he will still for months wake up in the night with a start, worrying about food and rent.

Marriage always demands the greatest understanding of the art of insincerity possible between two human beings.

Perfection bores me, in art, in music; most of all, in people. Luckily, perfection is rare.

I was growing tired of all the fussing and prevaricating, of the stolen hours and the secret rendez-vous; of the small indignities and broad discomfort that are part and parcel of adultery.

Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.

Courage comes and goes. Hold on for the next supply.

A writer should always have some profession which brings him into close contact with the reality's of life.

men don't make different mistakes at different periods of their lives. They make the same mistake over and over again and they pay a bigger and bigger price for it.

He who is born of God, overcomes the world

Lots of little good things make you happier than a handful of big things.

Just then they were both vulnerable, and the only thing standing between them and our enemies, was me.It seemed nobody wanted to take those odds because no one approached. I was mildly flattered.

There are enough tears in any child's life; we certainly don't need to add to them in the name of entertainment.

Talent may get someone off the starting blocks faster, but without a sense of direction or a goal to strive for, it won't count for much

Life is a dead-end street.

No matter what your goals are, you've got to bring other people onto your team. For one thing, if you surround yourself with people who want to be successful, you become successful.

In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated.

I want women to have all the opportunities that they aspire to.

Paranoia has a sharper taste if the danger is real.