Richard is a very sexy man. He's got that sort of jungle essence that one can sense." (on Richard Burton)

I don't have a short temper, I just have a quick reaction to bullshit

Big girls need big diamonds.

It's all about hope, kindness and a connection with one another.

Put on some lipstick and pull yourself together.

The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.

I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I'm not afraid to look behind them.

The beauty of fragrance is that it speaks to your heart and hopefully someone else's.

Success is a great deodorant. It takes away all your past smells.

Success is a great deodorant.

It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.

It takes your knowing to decide on your going. If you know where you are going, you will keep going because you have already seen yourself gone

We #fear our intuitions because we fear the transformational power within our revelations.

There's no law that decrees when not to whinge, but you reach a certain age - 80 seems about right - when you're expected to manifest querulousness - the coffee's too hot, the boiled egg's too soft.

One half of the pleasure experienced at a theatre arises from the spectator's sympathy with the rest of the audience, and, especially from his belief in their sympathy with him.

A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time.

He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?

Because I write realistic fiction, I generally don't think about fixing anyone - I just think about how I want to feel at the end of the book - And I try to write toward that feeling.

In the original novel [ Anthem], the story unfolds in the mind of a single character. Maybe that's why Ayn Rand called the work a poem.

I think all Geminis are kids at heart. And that's why they're able to simplify some of the most complex things and connect with people. It's having that kid spirit.

No one escapes from a war. No one. Not even the survivors. You accept things that would appall you at any other time because life has temporarily lost all meaning.