When insolvent, pack minimally, with a valise tough enough to be thrown onto a London pavement from a first- or second-floor window. Insist on hotel rooms no higher.

Travel far enough, you meet yourself.

Truth is singular. Its 'versions' are mistruths.

...now I'm a spent firework; but at least I've been a firework.

If swans weren't real myths'd make up.

Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.

I believe death is only a door. One closes, and another opens. If I were to imagine heaven, I would imagine a door opening. And he would be waiting for me there.

Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.

A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.

You say you're 'depressed' - all i see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn't mean you're defective - it just means you're human.

I believe there is another world waiting for us. A better world. And I'll be waiting for you there.

Revenge. Justice. Love. They are the three stories that all other stories are made up of. It's the trifecta.

If you take care of everything inside of you, God will take care of everything outside of you.

She wanted to ask him why they were all strangers who shared the same last name.

My buildings should have an emotional core - a space which, in itself, has an emotional nice feeling.

Hell's Bells ringing, my secret music.

Too much of the animal disfigures the civilized human being, too much culture makes a sick animal.

As jazz fans, it was amusing for us to play jazz harmonies on these big, ugly electric guitars.

I recognize the Republican Party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety.

A woman's exterior beauty is a reflection of her internal peace and happiness.

Every great company, brand, career has been built in exactly the same way: bit by bit, step by step, little by little.