In Europe, where human relations like clothes are supposed to last, one's got to be wearable. In France one has to be interesting, in Italy pleasant, in England one has to fit.

All food is the gift of the gods and has something of the miraculous, the egg no less than the truffle.

public opinion, the sum of private opinions, does matter, can matter often for good.

I write because I'm a writer. It is rather like cooking: to make something out of the raw material at hand.

The future of human society. Had it made an irrevocably false start? The compass error that gets harder to correct with every mile you go?

All wealth is relative; and so is its absence.

It would seem that in history it's never a tooth for a tooth, but a thousand, a hundred thousand for one.

Non ero pronta ad amare nessun altro.

We must create a marriage between the awareness of the body and that of the mind. When two parties do not cooperate, there is unhappiness on both sides.

Simplicate and add more lightness.

I give you the chameleon, whose ability to blend itself into the background tells you all you need to know about the roots of ecology and the foundations of a personal identity

Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.

I'd rather play in front of a full house than an empty crowd

I sleep well. It's the politicians who are to blame for failing to come to an agreement and resorting to violence.

Heterosexual marriage is the heart of our civilization.

[Justin Bieber]'s rich, right? Grammys are for music and not money. He's making a lot of money. He should be happy with that.

If you interact with things in your life, everything is constantly changing. And if nothing changes, you're an idiot.