pity is an agreeable sentiment, uplifting like military music.

Jazz music is an intensified feeling of nonchalance.

It seems to me that there are two kinds of trickery: the "fronts" people assume before one another's eyes, and the "front" a writer puts on the face of reality.

To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.

There is a certain age when a woman must be beautiful to be loved, and then there comes a time when she must be loved to be beautiful.

I have loved to the point of madness; That which is called madness, That which to me, Is the only sensible way to love.

A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to take it off of you.

One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter.

Art must take reality by surprise.

For what are we looking for if not to please? I do not know if the desire to attract others comes from a superabundance of vitality, possessiveness, or the hidden, unspoken need to be reassured.

I always believe things are going to work out.

On the bank of an ocean, let your mind fly in the cloudless sky while your heart enjoys the love of the sun.

Everyone who is with you is not necessarily for you.

They are but beggars that can count their worth.

A life might end, but sometimes their case lives forever.

I am not a conservative — neo or paleo. Conservatism is a respectable outlook... I just do not happen to be that animal.

A good mother is worth hundreds of schoolmasters.

An involuntary return to the point of departure is, without doubt, the most disturbing of all journeys.

Without sounding cliché, music is like air. It provides for me. I don't necessarily look for what I can get out of it. It's a compulsion. I've always gotten out of it everything.

Innovation is the creation of the new, or the re-arranging of the old in a new way

I know I have to keep up my image. It's all about how you handle the situation.