She is a wiry blanched creature with no beauty. Her expression reminds him of a crumpled letter – there is both sadness and anger in it.

He likes to think of himself as someone who can give quick clever answers to awkward questions. It is an important part of his self-esteem.

The act of creation, the impetus to undertake it, is always some kind of feeble attempt to understand one’s own creation, the nature of creation itself.

Artists, like criminals, are dependent on a jury.

And who isn’t less innocent than they lead us to believe? That’s one of the fundamental truths about human nature.

a question is embarrassing for a moment, but not asking is embarrassing for a lifetime

Distance creates love

In success there's a tendency to keep on doing what you were doing.

All you have to do is just believe in what's there; then, the audience will, too.

What distressed me most - more even than my own folly - was the perplexing question, How can beauty and ugliness dwell so near?

We're famous" iggy whispered so low that Fang could barely hear him. "So's Swine Flu" Fang whispered back.

I'm looking forward to the future, which is a good thing, because it's coming.

You will only find the happiness you seek when you drop your negative attitude towards life, embrace life and be happy.

When the years bring wisdom, one learns to leave many problems to their own working out.

The onward march of the human race requires that the heights around it constantly blaze with noble lessons of courage. Deeds of daring dazzle history and form one of man's guiding lights.