The terror of society, which is the basis of morals, the terror of God, which is the secret of religion-these are the two things that govern us.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

The best thing about this journey is I know I have it in me to keep going. Battle-tested, you know? Now, my heart laughs at the word 'quit'.

If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there".

If I am attempting to describe him, it is in order not to forget him. It is sad to forget a friend. Not every one has had a friend.

At the end of the day, all you can hope for is to go on. The older I get, the more I realize that just keeping on keeping on is what life's all about.

I also found that for myself, since I've had no religious education, it was so interesting to see the different versions of heaven and what life on earth means.

I'd rather do my own performance than copy someone else's.

Being with him was like toast and butter from the very beginning.

As the 'critic of color,' I'm frequently asked to review Indian and Pakistani writers.

Science fiction is always a vehicle for ideas. It's the form which allows either movies or books to be an exploration of how we should live.

I am no prophet-and here's no great matter.