He, who praises you for what you have not, wishes to take from you what you have.

Hazard not your wealth on a poor man's advice.

Usually when you see females in movies, they feel like they have these metallic structures around them, they are caged in by male energy.

Once it's too late, you appreciate what a miracle life is.

The spirit of a painting is very hard to explain and articulate. I can't say it's not intentional because that is the mark I'm trying to hit, however I don't feel I have much control over it.

Your child’s future was the first to go with budget cuts.

The poor suffer twice at the rioter's hands. First, his destructive fury scars their neighborhood; second, the atmosphere of accommodation and consent is changed to one of hostility and resentment.

If you don't contradict yourself on a regular basis, then you're not thinking.

I have been born more times than anybody except Krishna.

Perhaps eggs are like neurons, which also are not replenished in adulthood: they know too much. Eggs must plan the party. Sperm need only to show up- wearing top hat and tails, of course.

Our motive is not to prove our self-worth, but to live up to our possibilities.

Well, writing was what I wanted to do, it was always what I wanted to do. I had novels to write so I wrote them.