The ludicrous element in our feeling does not make them any less authentic.

Unlike the puerile loyalty to a conviction, loyalty to a friend is a virtue - perhaps the only virtue, the last remaining one.

When his wife was at his side, she was also in front of him, marking out the horizon of his life. Now the horizon is empty: the view has changed.

(God) being the old man invented in order to, and with whom to, hold long conversations.

Isn't that exactly the definition of biography? An artificial logic imposed on an 'incoherent succession of images'?

Creativity comes from curious, intuitive, persistent action.

Through the eyes of the brave, the future makes past tense perfect sense.

If we can have a fast food restaurant on almost every corner, then we can certainly have a garden.

A friend often says I'm an old man in a young man's husk. I like that. I am old-fashioned in some ways.

Never say anything in a national campaign that anyone might remember.

You need bruises to know blessings and I have known both.

No one would look just at a firm's revenues to assess how well it was doing. Far more relevant is the balance sheet, which shows assets and liability. That is also true for a country.

The gesture must be correct. If the gesture is correct, your mind really creates the reality of the figure, and it is not necessary to hang on all the rest [of the details].

I could fall for you, you know? (L)