To live intensely is a basic human necessity.

That's the thing about a great book. Every time you read it, it's different, because you're different. You've changed since the last time you picked it up, things have happened to you.

Why should I bring happiness to those I loathe by obliterating myself, when I can make them miserable just by existing?

We have no control over fate and history, but we can control how we conduct ourselves in this life.

That's really what the mall is all about: money. At the mall the rule is: Credito, ergo sum - I shop, therefore I am.

We are all the same in that we all want to be different.

Whining is a form of manipulation. People will give anything to make you shut up.

We often reward mediocrity because it is comforting. If they can do it, anyone can do it.

In relationships it is best to assume nothing.

My Macbook is my new boyfriend, except that he's dependable and meets all my demands.

You can not make someone love you. You can not be thin enough or white enough or famous enough. The choice is entirely the other person's. Then again, you might try hypnosis.

Never question the power of one! Throughout history it has been the actions of only one person who has in inspired the movement of change.

Life's too short to say no when love shows up at your door.

I think that, when I die, it might be some time until I know it.

We are full of words whose true meaning we haven't been taught, and one of those words is suffering. Another is the word death. We don't know what they mean, but we use them, and this is a mystery.

Lots of medications work for a month, or a year, and then stop working.

What's so great about TV is that you can get an opportunity to tell really rich stories, over the course of so many hours. It's like a novel of this type of medium.

You know, what's interesting about Washington...It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second-nature.

Enthusiasm is contagious, and the person who has it, under control, is generally welcome in any group of people.

You never know where a blessing can come from.

It is remarkable to what lengths people will go to avoid thought.