It seems to me that there are two kinds of trickery: the "fronts" people assume before one another's eyes, and the "front" a writer puts on the face of reality.

Jazz music is an intensified feeling of nonchalance.

To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.

There is a certain age when a woman must be beautiful to be loved, and then there comes a time when she must be loved to be beautiful.

I have loved to the point of madness; That which is called madness, That which to me, Is the only sensible way to love.

A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to take it off of you.

One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter.

Art must take reality by surprise.

For what are we looking for if not to please? I do not know if the desire to attract others comes from a superabundance of vitality, possessiveness, or the hidden, unspoken need to be reassured.

I always believe things are going to work out.

Love is worth whatever it costs.

Even the pigeons are dancing, kissing, going in circles, mounting each other.Paris is the city of love, even for the birds.

Rock and roll is catching on all over . . . France . . . England . . . They even have it in Japan, only over there they call it judo.

You have to be able to wake up in the morning and say, 'I've been true.

The absolute worst thing you can do in a scene is be apathetic.

I keep stacks of Autobiography of a Yogi around the house, and I give it out constantly to people. When people need 'regrooving,' I say read this, because it cuts to the heart of every religion.

Steven Hawking is a brilliant physicist and when it comes to theology I can say he's a brilliant physicist.

Rumor is a vagrant without a home, and lives upon what it can pick up.

It's not as bad as it sounds.

Without faith there can be no prayer, no matter how great our helplessness may be. Helplessness united with faith produces prayer.

Man is a piece of the universe made alive