Art finds a way to be constructive. It becomes heat in cold places; it becomes light in dark places.

I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.

Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.

I was a personality before I became a person - I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven.

You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.

The idea of a liberal media bias is simply a myth. If only it were true, we might have a more humane, open-minded, and ultimately effective public debate on the issues facing the country.

I don't like the word 'superstar'. It has ridiculous implications. These words - star, stupor, superstar, stupid star - they're misleading. It's a myth.

Oh God, don't envy me, I have my own pains.

When they tried me out as a host on TV, I found that I just couldn't be that gregarious person. I was stranger than that.

Stay true to yourself. People respond to authenticity.

Doubt can motivate you, so don't be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out.

Book collecting is a full-time occupation, and one wouldn't get far if one took time off for frivolities like reading.

Machines can't lie, " I said, lying through my circuits.

The scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil!

The advance of knowledge is an infinite progression towards a goal that ever recedes.

I've always been taught to care what other people think. My grandmother and mother taught me to project a positive image of myself.

We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence.

I became at peace with the darkness or the personality that I have. I am usually pretty funny and happy.

Rome alone can resist Rome.

I believe in Darwin and God together.

A good novel editor is invisible.