I wish, naturally to prevent the possibility that someone may write an accidental, superficial, incomplete and perhaps untrue picture of me.

I used to think then that I was Bohemian, but I know now that I am not. I prefer order and precision to untidiness and looseness.

In the middle of my third Hollywood picture The Magician, the earthquake hit Hollywood. Not the real earthquake. Just the talkies.

So now it is time to disassemble the parts of the jigsaw puzzle or to piece another one together, for I find that, having come to the end of my story, my life is just beginning.

Have you ever walked late at night through a forest when you are first in love?

I can see now that I should have been strong enough to conquer myself.

No, I was not born with a monocle in my eye.

For me, half the joy of achieving has been the struggle and the fight, the pitting myself against the world and all its competition - and winning.

I have no illusions about my art. I am what the public made me and, consequently, I am not likely to forget my debt to them.

What use is there for a biography of myself? I'm just a movie actor.

An actor remembers his first piece of published praise. It is written on his heart.

Drawing takes time. A line has time in it

We should burn all libraries and allow to remain only that which everyone knows by heart. A beautiful age of the legend would then begin.

Agosins poetic language engages the reader in a mesmerizing journey of inward reflection and exile.

The greatest gift you can give anyone is a gift of empowerment and love.

So she searches for light, only to realize it's in her, like an ember equipped to ignite.

What you focus on expands.

Freedom of the press, freedom of the news media, must be subordinated to the overriding needs of the integrity of Singapore, and to the primacy of purpose of an elected government.

Getting away from being 'a good girl' is important because it's impossible to be a 'good girl' and a writer at the same time.

Girls can wear jeans and cut their hair short, wear shirts and boots cause it's okay to be a boy. But for a boy to look like a girl is degrading cause you think being a girl is degrading

The key to trading success is emotional discipline. If intelligence were the key, there would be a lot more people making money trading.