He knew about being alone. The weather was always cold there.

The eye is always caught by light, but shadows have more to say.

As long as people are going to call you lunatic anyway, why not get the benefit of it? It liberates you from convention.

Remember to breathe. It is after all, the secret of life.

From torched skyscrapers, men grew wings.

Where I'm from, we believe in all sorts of things that aren't true... we call it history.

Books fall open, you fall in. When you climb out again, you're a bit larger than you used to be.

If magic was present, it moved under the skin of the world, beneath the ability of human eyes to catch sight of it.

I know you don't want to hear this but someone has to say it! You are out of control! I mean they're just shoes... let it go!

Growth and change were viewed as reactions to conditions met

Waking up was a daily cruelty, an affront, and she avoided it by not sleeping.

One does not have to be Witted to know the companionship of a beast, and to know that the friendship of an animal is every bit as rich and complicated as that of a man or woman.

[B]eing very smart must also make you just a little bit crazy.

Lots of people will give you advice... and depending upon how well they know you, the advice might be valid or not so valid.

Few persons who have ever sat for a portrait can have felt anything but inferior while the process is going on.

Fashion is supposed to be light and not try too hard.

You can't be afraid of hard work or long hours. Sacrifice is important.

I was six years old when I saw my first Godard movie, eight when I first experienced Bergman. I wanted to be a director when I was fourteen.

In the midst of the storm, your life boat appears. A psalm, a hymn, a word... calming the fiercest winds of the soul.

Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.

Rarely does one see a squirrel tremble.