She walked about with the rather fated expression you see in photographs of girls who have subsequently been murdered, but nothing had so far happened to her.

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.

No one but me ever put a hand on me to feel that baby. No one wanted to put his ear against it and listen...You shouldn't have a baby if there's no one who wants to feel it kick or listen to it move.

A city no worse than others, a city rich and vigorous and full of pride, a city lost and beaten and full of emptiness.

I started auditioning when I was about 10 and I didn't get my first job until I was 12, and two years at that age is really hard.

The pain was considerable, but trivial compared with my mental state.

The more you write, the faster you'll write, and the less you'll mind throwing stuff out.

I don't see how you have the nerve to oppose this bill when you run the biggest gambling business in the world - gambling on the hereafter.

One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.

A vision and strategy aren't enough. The long-term key to success is execution. Each day. Every day.

Things were rough all over, but it was better that way. That way you could tell the other guy was human too.

I have a lot of common sense. I know what needs to be done and how to approach it. I have an ability to work with people on large enterprises.