What is it about sadness that can be so fulfilling?

The strangest thing about strange things is that they're only strange when you hear about them or think about them later, but never when you're living them.

I hum some secret place into being, thinking of this other me, the one that only I can see, a girl called She, who is not We, a girl who I will never be.

Write,' she said, 'as if you'll never be read. That way you'll be sure to tell the truth.

I'm not alone in having obese people in my circle and in my family. I have loved morbidly obese people, and I don't approach obesity with revulsion or judgment but with empathy and compassion.

Art isn't a product. It's an experience

The city, no matter how small, is corrupt and unrepentant, while the sun shines brighter in the country, making people more wholesome.

the only thing left to do is love

If heaven is tolerant and writers are allowed (bunch of liars though they are), I wonder if they gather for coffee to ponder the prose they should have written instead.

How cruel it must be for a man to live past his soul.

Winning the lottery is winning the lottery. It's highly unlikely and very unusual.

You have to pen down and start designing your own destiny".

You have to learn to do everything even to die.

I want people to look at my films and say 'Wow, she's a good actress', and I know I'll have to work hard for that.

The trouble with a free market economy is that it requires so many policemen to make it work.

the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses

Extreme justice is often injustice.

If you think marriage is going to be perfect, you're probably still at your reception.

Discipline is the only sure way I know to convince people to believe in themselves

An incomplete sketch superbly executed is power.

Things do not have meaning. We assign meaning to everything.