... caprice is as ruinous as routine.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be The candle or the mirror that reflects it.

The desire for symmetry, for balance, for rhythm in form as well as in sound, is one of the most inveterate of human instincts.

To visit Morocco is still like turning the pages of some illuminated Persian manuscript all embroidered with bright shapes and subtle lines.

One can remain alive ... if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity interested in big things and happy in small ways.

If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.

The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!

Nothing is more perplexing to a man than the mental process of a woman who reasons her emotions.

One of the great things about travel is you find out how many good, kind people there are.

Set wide the window. Let me drink the day.

Life is always either; a tight -rope or a feather-bed . — Give me the tightrope.

When everybody worships all sort of religious lies and illogical myths, dare to be there, in the land of reason!

If I see something I don't like about a friend, I don't stick with that friend because I don't need them.

Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights. Let us not forget that among those rights are the right to speak freely - and the right to be heard.

Everything is arranged so that it be this way, this is what is called culture.

I think sequels should be earned and we won't do it unless the script is better than the first one.

Oft from new truths, and new phrase, new doubts grow, As strange attire aliens the men we know.

When you get a critique, people think you're criticizing them but it's really an intellectual conversation. You can't get emotionally attached.

No man has a chance to enjoy permanent success until he begins to look in a mirror for the real cause of all his mistakes.

I've never met anybody quite like [Bill Shawn]. He created - and I'm sure it was conscious - an aura about him of quietude.

My temperament is not inclined toward more self-promotion than is absolutely necessary for my professional well-being.