When you have nothing to say, or to hide, there is no need to be prudent.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars.

True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.

That said the conspirators: Tell us your secret and we will have betrayed you for a lifetime.

She smelled like water that had been warmed by the sun, and she also had the sharp, enticing aroma of birch leaves.

You weren't lost. You were exploring. There's a difference.

I was trying to be this person who is cool, eternally rocking.

I love a beautiful gown on stage, and luckily I've been fortunate to wear some amazing dresses.

If our tears do not lead us to act then we have lost the reason of our humanity, which is compassion.

You can't write nothing that ain't real.

I grew up in this world where everything seemed possible.

High birth is a gift of fortune which should never challenge esteem towards those who receive it, since it costs them neither study nor labor.

I auditioned for the role of an angel in the Nativity play at school. I didn't get it. I auditioned for Mary; didn't get it. So I made up the character of the sheep who sat next to Baby Jesus.