Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious

If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue.

The social sciences were for all those who had not yet decided what to do with their lives, and for all those whose premature frustrations led them into the sterile alleys of confrontation.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

Monica Seles: I'd hate to be next door to her on her wedding night.

Flogging. The only solution to every problem. I warrant even the culprit himself doesn't know! It was just... his... turn!

I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.

Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.

If you're going to be a prisoner of your own mind, the least you can do is make sure it's well furnished.

You’re a mess, I confess, I despise you in the best kind of way.

Create something. Create something ugly. Create something beautiful.  I don't care what it is. Create it.

The mountain of superstition has to be leveled for our people to taste a fresh breath of life in Christ Jesus.

My critique of democracy begins and ends with this point. Kids must be educated to disrespect authority or else democracy is a farce.

Learning to write sent me falling, falling through the surface of the South African way of life.

I encourage people to find and use the power of their voices just as much when I do not agree with those voices as when I do agree with them.

Every man believes that he has greater possibilities.

I have been to Iraq on a number of occasions. I was with the first group that went in.

A lot of times your spouse sees things about you that you don't necessarily see.

If you want me you're going to have to come and get me.