Would she understand that time had stopped while she was gone.

But, like ivy, we grow where there is room for us.

Some people need a red carpet rolled out in front of them in order to walk forward into friendship. They can't see the tiny outstretched hands all around them, everywhere, like leaves on trees.

That day I carried the dream around like a full glass of water, moving gracefully so I would not lose any of it.

What a terrible mistake to let go of something wonderful for something real.

I laughed and said, Life is easy. What I meant was, Life is easy with you here, and when you leave, it will be hard again.

Don't wait to be sure. Move, move, move.

We come from long lines of people destined never to meet.

... we had once called out hello into the cauldron of the world and then run away before anyone could respond.

Inelegantly, and without my consent, time passed.

I cried in English, I cried in french, I cried in all the languages, because tears are the same all around the world.

Nothing is quite as bad as being without privacy and lonely at the same time.

You can build a throne with bayonets, but it's difficult to sit on it.

There is no other world. Nor even this one. What, then, is there? The inner smile provoked in us by the patent nonexistence of both.

A bathroom should be sterile and beautiful and functional. It should exude Japanese-style purity.

Reporters are like puppets. They simply respond to the pull of the most powerful strings.

I miss New York. I still love how people talk to you on the street - just assault you and tell you what they think of your jacket.

Gangbanging is a survival instinct, regardless of how anybody tries to paint it.

I think a lot of times God takes away your feelings, so you have to depend on faith. And faith is kind of like a tide. It rolls in and rolls out.

I'm always talking about loving yourself and expressing yourself and learning how to love yourself. I'm still the same.