There is no wide road which leads to the Muses.

Let's give the historians something to write about

No rival will steal away my sure love; that glory will be my gray hair.

By gold all good faith has been banished; by gold our rights are abused; the law itself is influenced by gold, and soon there will be an end of every modest restraint.

Tell me who is able to keep his bed chaste, or which goddess is able to live with one god alone?

Even a faithful mistress can be bent by constant threats.

Love is fostered by confidence and constancy; he who is able to give much is able also to love much.

Let each man have the wit to go his own way.

I am climbing a difficult road; but the glory gives me strength.

Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.

Even if my strength should fail, my daring will win me praise: in might enterprises even the will to succeed is enough.

He who hesitates is a damned fool.

Adversity is like the period of the rain ... cold comfortless unfriendly to man and to animal yet from that season have their birth the flower the fruit the date the rose and the pomegranate.

This really revolutionary revolution is to be achieved, not in the external world, but in the souls and flesh of human beings.

Don't condemn yourself - that only increases the hold of impurity. Accept your limitations but know that you're working towards changing them.

Free yourself from the rigid conduct of tradition and open yourself to the new forms of probability.

Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security

When I made the decision to transition, I honestly had no idea what it would be like for me to live as female. The only thing I knew for sure was that pretending to be male was slowly killing me.

Once you run current-account deficits, you depend on the kindness of strangers. This might be the beginning of the end of the American empire.

I have had no true friends, only lovers.

The idea is to do out-of-the-box films that showcase my versatility and talent.