has it ever occurred to you that where there is no anger, there is also no love?

Death is not a reaper, like they say, nor even a friend. It is a dark, fierce water, an inundation.

The studying, the books, exams, arguments, theories. The jokes and pints, laughter, kisses and songs. Life was like running, ninety percent sweat and toil, ten per cent joy.

Knowledge can be like the skin on the surface of the water in a pond, or it can go all the way down to the mud. It can be the tiny tip of the iceberg or the whole hundred percent.

What goes up, must come down... Mustn't it?

If you don’t want to get stuck where you don’t want to be, have the courage to do difficult things.

In the midst of life’s ups and down, beginnings and endings, let us live our life, let us be joyful, let us be happy.

For me, the camera is like an entrance to the private lives of other people. And if you are curious like me, it is a fantastic tool.

At a certain point, the atmosphere in the West could change. But I don't see determined political will [for that] at the moment.

We begin to praise when we begin to see a thing needs our assistance.

I haven't had writer's block. I think it's because my process involves writing very badly.

What sort of God would it be, who only pushed from without.

I'm a mum. Cooking is something I have to do. It's something I like to do.

No matter how old an individual may be, no matter if he is young or old, if he thinks in accordance with the times he is immortal.

When I'm a brunette, it's four times harder to hail a taxi. Then I go blonde again, and suddenly there are taxis everywhere.