The mind longs for what it has missed.

Outward beauty is not enough; to be attractive a woman must use words, wit, playfulness, sweet-talk, and laughter to transcend the gifts of nature.

Wisdom and beauty form a very rare combination.

Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.

Nothing is falser than people's preconceptions and ready-made opinions; nothing is sillier than their sham morality.

The world wants to be deceived.

Can't you see that I'm only advising you to beg yourself not to be so dumb

Women are one and all a set of vultures.

A man who is always ready to believe what is told him will never do well, especially a businessman.

Leave your home, O youth, and seek out alien shores. A wider range of life has been ordained for you.

While fortune lasts you will see your friend's face.

I learned early on that 'rabbi' means teacher, not priest.

I direct, and I make movies I can't finance. I can't raise money. I can't sell anything. I make things.

I would have worked no matter what. I was born and raised that way. It occurred to me to be married second.

And when you are entering into poetry, whatever stage you're at, you are participating in something with a very long and noble tradition.

Being active every day makes it easier to hear that inner voice.

I don't like doing stand-up, because I don't like standing up.

What in us the women leave uncultivated, children cultivate when we retain them near us.

Victor Hernandez, like an orchestral conductor directing his troops...

It is hardship that makes clear who the "fighters" are.

The act of choosing whether or not to have a child is often an act of love, and always an act of survival.