The French and the British are such good enemies that they can't resist being friends.

If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue.

The social sciences were for all those who had not yet decided what to do with their lives, and for all those whose premature frustrations led them into the sterile alleys of confrontation.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

Monica Seles: I'd hate to be next door to her on her wedding night.

Flogging. The only solution to every problem. I warrant even the culprit himself doesn't know! It was just... his... turn!

I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.

Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.

If you're going to be a prisoner of your own mind, the least you can do is make sure it's well furnished.

Where I will find peace other than in oblivion?

Everything we care about lies somewhere in the middle, where pattern and randomness interlace.

It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree.

Only communist regimes have churned out more jargon than modern business.

I decided sitcoms weren't for me.

I don't see any independent position that I'm in; it's rather inter-dependent.

If I had children, I would be very selfish. I wouldn't be out doing things. But by not having kids, it makes me freer to travel the world and talk about things I feel are important.

Loving myself and thinking joyful, happy thoughts is the quickest way to create a wonderful life.

You were programmed to deliver a message, and the creation of that message is your greatest art. What is the message? Your life.

In the future, how we educate our children may prove to be more important than how much we educate them.