She did not suddenly start being disagreeable this afternoon, she was so good at it, she had evidently practised whatever are the scales and arpeggios of rudeness every day of her life.

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence.

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.

All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears.

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.

The mind is its own enemy, that fights itself with the innumerable pliant and ineluctable arms of the octopus.

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind.

Without morality and ethics there is no religion (dharma), the foundation of religion is morality and ethics.

Only when YOU let go of YOURSELF will the real you surface.

A good teacher is one who can understand those who are not very good at explaining, and explain to those who are not very good at understanding.

Most of the time I was in the background. I never played [the Virgin] Mary. I was always kind of the third angel.

I'm terrified of learning lines, and I've always been terrified that I won't learn them.

Success and money can really be quite blinding.

Ice and iron cannot be welded.

Almost every disruption starts at the perceived fringes of today's market.

When forced to pick between truth and legend, print the legend.

Choose a good disagreeable friend, if you be wise--a surly, steady, economical, rigid fellow.