People in love, in whom every sense is open, cannot beat off the influence of a place.

One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.

Silences have a climax, when you have got to speak.

When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out.

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.

We are minor in everything but our passions.

Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible.

Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.

It is not helpful to help a friend by putting coins in his pockets when he has got holes in his pockets.

Disappointment tears the bearable film off life.

Misogyny, when expressed or explored by men, remains a timeless classic.

Everyone I meet wants to give me directions, but I'm not lost.

I was going to go back to college and become a math teacher.

The beauty we love is very silent. It smiles softly to itself, but never speaks.

Not wholly in the busy world, nor quite Beyond it, blooms the garden that I love. News from the humming city comes to it It sound of funeral or of marriage bells.

Be driven, be focused, but enjoy every moment, because it only happens once.

There is nothing more painful than being rejected simply for being who you are.

I've spent over half my life at NBC. This is the only place I have ever worked.

The best songs don't get recorded; the best recordings don't get released; and the best releases don't get played.

I'm not going to be an interpreter at the U.N. I'm not going to live in Africa on a farm or whatever, but I am going to see the world through those eyes when I make those films.