The lion is ashamed, it's true, when he hunts with the fox.

For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.

Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy.

They make glorious shipwreck who are lost in seeking worlds.

To look forward to pleasure is also a pleasure.

The search for truth is more precious than its possession.

A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer.

He who doesn't lose his wits over certain things has no wits to lose.

Yesterday I lived, today I suffer, tomorrow I die; but I still think fondly, today and tomorrow, of yesterday.

The more we see the more we must be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

The most deadly fruit is borne by the hatred which one grafts on an extinguished friendship

For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest part of autobiography.

How lacking in intuition men could be in persuading themselves that mending some stranger's socks, and attending to his comfort, could content a woman.

Evolution is a fairy tale for grown-ups.

There's Catholic guilt about things, then there's the guilt of being the youngest of 10, so when nice things happen to you, you're not really allowed to enjoy them.

All money represents theft… To steal from the rich is a sacred and religious act. While looting, a man to his own self is true.

In our business, the windows of opportunity open and close with dazzling rapidity...I constantly have to remind people to seize the moment.

You might say that I'm the Michelangelo of the dress business.

My purpose as a writer is to communicate in such a way as to challenge the thinking of readers and touch their hearts.

Love is appreciating, complimenting, feeling gratitude, and speaking good words to others.

I think that there's no doubt that to work in film is a bit more of a creative journey. It's not that I don't put the same time or heart into something that's on television.