A story is like building a chapel; a novel is a cathedral.

Every country that aspires to become a nation needs its heroes, its eminent civic and moral leaders, and if it doesn't have them, it's our duty to invent them.

Death is a woman, and for that reason she's courageous and just, and never makes distinctions between mortals; she'll crush the ignorant, the arrogant, and the wise alike under her icy foot.

Sometimes it's necessary to believe in love, even if it doesn't exist.

our love for the dead, like a floating iceberg, can only be measured by the depths of our resentments.

Our needs cancel each other out, and that's as solid a base for love as any.

A writer is not so much someone who has something to say as he is someone who has found a process that will bring about new things he would not have thought of if he had not started to say them.

One age misunderstands another

I want someone who can keep me on my toes, has a good sense of humor and a good heart.

I am always being asked to gain or lose weight, but I am at a point now where I don't care anymore. I love my body, I love my super-hourglass shape and I love showing it off.

I'm not fake in any way.

Let me be clear: I am not an advocate of censorship.

Awareness neither dies nor is re-born. It is the changeless reality itself.

It's always been my dream to just continually do really cool indie movies - character-driven stuff.

Your attitude about who you are and what you have is a very little thing that makes a very big difference.

Better than I was, more than I am And all of this happen by taking your hand And who I am now is who I wanted to be And now that we're together I'm stronger than ever I'm happy and free