The hot hall full of painted girls and American soldiers is a saloon in some Western film. This noise drenches us, wakens us to do something else. It shows us a lost path.

The Louvre is a morgue; you go there to identify your friends.

I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.

Be yourself. The world worships the original.

Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.

Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.

The composer opens the cage door for arithmetic, the draftsman gives geometry its freedom.

Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.

Nothing ever gets anywhere. The earth keeps turning round and gets nowhere. The moment is the only thing that counts.

Inspirations never go in for long engagements

Sleeping with a guy isn't the same thing as opening your heart to him.

Love and trust, in the space between what’s said and what’s heard in our life, can make all the difference in the world.

I haven't have fun for a long time," Kaia said with a pout. "Me, either. Except with myself, but I don't suppose that counts." "It does the way I do it.

Sit down every day and DO IT. Writing is a self-taught craft; the more you work at it, the more skilled you become. And when you're not writing, READ.

Live each day as if it were your last, and you’ll develop a keen respect for opportunity.

Out in the field, you haven't got anyone whispering into your ear saying all sorts of things, you've got to do it yourself.

I play music a lot but on my own mostly, so it was nice to be around other people. There was a certain sense a relief in the physical act of just playing and being with other musicians.

You name it and I've done it. I'd like to say I did it my way. But that line, I'm afraid, belongs to someone else.

A high view of God leads to high worship and holy living, but a low of God leads to trivial worship and low living.