Some people are born for the city. I'm not one of them.

Some of us aren't meant to belong. Some of us have to turn the world upside down and shake the hell out of it until we make our own place in it.

I'm not perfect. Remember that, and try to forgive me when I fail you.

Love is itself an expression of strength.

Love is the light that casts no shadow.

As subtle and universally pervasive as gravity, love touches everything, and enhances everything it touches.

Understanding someone, and loving him despite that understanding, is a trait more often found in angels than in mankind.

Poignant, earthy, intensely human, Letters From A Stranger is a love story that is as unusual and courageous as its characters.

Sometimes the best part in life is an accident that goes right.

Show me your dreams. Let me make them come true.

If you're not going to get any wiser, what's the point of getting older?

The richest person in the cemetery is the one who left the most happy memories.

My grandmother, a dim, stern figure, named her children Lily and Violet, which I guess from seeing a picture of my mother's paved, ugly backyard, was the nearest she came to a garden.

(the modern writer’s aim is) general revelation by suggestion (and) making a very tiny part do for a whole.

[In] every revolution, there is a great divergence between what the revolutionaries expect and what the revolution actually accomplishes.

Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal.

Always choose style over fashion: wear something that makes you look beautiful.

The only way to fail is to quit.

I always look for reality. I look for plain truthful roles.

We all of us waited for him to die. The family sent him a check every month, and hoped he'd get on with it quietly, without too much vulgar fuss.

Music is my first love, where my artistic journey began.