When all is said and done, no literature can outdo the cynicism of real life; you won't intoxicate with one glass someone who has already drunk up a whole barrel.

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.

Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.

Everything on earth is beautiful, everything -- except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity.

The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.

People should be beautiful in every way - in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.

Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.

If you want to love God, love the less-fortunate one. If you want to see God, look through the eyes of a hungry child.

To become a true global citizen, one must abandon all notions of otherness and instead embrace togetherness.

In the past, it was only in science fiction novels that you could read about ordinary people being able to go to space... But you laid the foundation for space tourism.

I wouldn't mind dying for France, but not for Air France.

Maybe we all change over time.

When a doctor is performing an operation, his mind cannot be somewhere else. And it's the same with actors. You have to commit yourself mind, body and soul to a project in order to do justice to it.

My heart goes out to anyone who is making his first appearance before an audience of human beings.

As far as Rap goes Tupac was my favorite, I used to sing some of his songs in my set before I ever met his dad.

I was born at night, but not last night.

I'm already the most fortunate girl in the world, so I have zero expectations for what the future will bring.