There is the first satisfaction of arranging it on a bit of paper; after many, many false tries, false moves, finally you have the sentence you recognize as the one you are looking for.

Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.

And the rest is rust and stardust.

Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.

Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars.

Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.

The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.

I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.

Loneliness as a situation can be corrected, but as a state of mind it is an incurable illness.

People come as they are, and alter you as themselves.

A mother is always a mother, since a mother is a biological fact, whilst a father is a movable feast.

if woman cries, it doesn't matter, but if a man cry it matter

The true greatness of a nation lies in its character, not in its economic or military power.

Encourage innovation. Change is our lifeblood, stagnation our death knell.

Your home is your refuge.

The improved means to the unimproved end.

When you were alone in the rising ocean, you grabbed whatever raft passed by.

I'm motivated by the laughter, honestly. It's really not about the money or being more famous. I really love creativity.

When you know youre whoring it hurts. I have kids. I'm not going to run down an actor for doing this.