I insist on caprice as a necessary countermeasure to slavery. Otherwise, my own dictatorial mind must take -- unknown to me -- its instructions from a mastermind.

I would prefer to believe that things possess the power of recall, of recollection. That things are memoirs of the existences that once were theirs, if only we knew how to read them.

Hatred is unattractive, but it's also irresistible. If men were honest with themselves, they'd admit it's a stronger passion than lust.

To ennoble is to diminish by robbing people of their complexity, their completeness, of their humanity, which is always clouded by what gets stirred up at the bottom.

Faith requires at times marching into the waters before they part.

The hippo of recollection stirred in the muddy waters of the mind.

Do not worry, my sweet one. You have it within you to get yourself where you need to be.

We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.

Tens of thousands, perhaps millions, have come into some kind of religious experience by accepting Christ, and they have not been saved.

Why is it that the people with whom one loves to be silent are also the very ones with whom one loves to talk?

No one wants life to end. It was bad enough when my last tour came to an end.

When you're tan, you feel better about yourself

Every time you watch a performance in the theatre, you know that this is just for you, and will never be the same again. It is quite exciting for me.

Regret; The saddest word in the English language.