People with large book collections are almost always diligent learners.

People who lack confidence in their judgement lack confidence in themselves

Marathon tidying produces a heap of garbage. At this stage, the one disaster that can wreak more havoc than an earthquake is the entrance of that recycling expert who goes by the alias of "mother.

not having a space you can call your own is dangerous. Everyone needs a sanctuary.

It's not our memories but the person we have become because of those past experiences that we should treasure.

The space in which we live should be for the person we are becoming now. Not for the person we were in the past.

I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death.

The inner self is as distinct from the outer self as heaven is from earth.

Good french cooking cannot be produced by a zombie cook.

Remember this: of all the commodities men trade in, information is the most valuable by far.

Art is messy, art is chaos - so you need a system.

A lot of people have the ambition, but they never ask themselves, Do I really believe I can do this?

My mother's kitchen was built to be the focal point of our house. I got into the kitchen often as a child.

By the age of 9 or 10, I knew that I had to cut my own cloth and make my own way.

There isn't any art until some creature sees and consumes it. And has a reaction.