When I discovered libraries, it was like having Christmas every day.

Only when a book is written out of passion is there much hope of its being read with passion.

Somehow, we'll find it. The balance between whom we wish to be and whom we need to be. But for now, we simply have to be satisfied with who we are.

You can be a really nasty, selfish little jerk when you're scared enough. I was scared enough.

Our vanity is the constant enemy of our dignity.

He was a Parisian, ’ he said. ‘You can never be sure what Parisians believe in – beyond Paris of course.

I dont really take anything from home except some U.S. magazines and books and definitely some U.S. music. There are just certain songs that remind me of home.

If you make a decision, a pact with someone, your friend, you should say, 'I'm gonna do this,' and you should stick to it.

The vertical and the horizontal are the extreme signs available to man for touching the beyond and his inwardness.

After fifty, one ceases to digest. As someone once said, "I just ferment my food now."

I will only add, God bless you.

Every time you make a bad choice, it becomes harder to make a good one.