Translation is that which transforms everything so that nothing changes.

Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.

You are vain and wicked- as a genius should be.

An empty bus hurtles through the starry nightPerhaps the driver is singingand happy because he sings.

Gregor was a real drinker..he didn't drink because he was sad..(or) cheerful. He drank because he was a thorough man, who like to get to the bottom of things, of bottles as well as everything else.

They swore by concrete. They built for eternity.

When the young womanleans over the sky, about to water the flowers as well as the weeds, her white front splits openuntil her milk runs.

...my pride in Joachim Mahlke was as sweet as chocolate creams.

Ignore the misery. Custom invites you to ignore the misery."SHOW YOUR TONGUE

Stuffed cats are able to creep more convincingly than live ones.

The highest level than can be reached by a mediocre but experienced mind is a talent for uncovering the weaknesses of those greater than itself.

Of course, the kids who had never heard of a person called Ben E. King were then aware of the name associated with the song. That gave a tremendous lift to me as an artist.

By thinking about your goals every morning, many times during the day, and every night, you begin moving toward it, and bringing it toward you.

I'm almost a full-time mom.

It is very difficult also to sacrifice one's suffering. A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering.

There is no excuse for human rights abuse, whether in the name of security or in the name of liberation.

Older people do a better job of managing their impulses, and so they're better able to put off putting off.

Surgical knowledge depends on long practice, not from speculations.

Mr. President, I love you, but you're wrong. (To Richard Nixon, on the Vietnam War)

History has to be rewritten because history is the selection of those threads of causes or antecedents that we are interested in.