Nico was gothic, but she was Mary Shelley gothic to everyone else's Hammer horror film gothic. They both did Frankenstein, but Nico's was real.

The unfulfilling job is not the failure; not pursuing your dreams is the real failure. Developing a vision requires conquering your fears and finding motivation from within.

[S]ince there is no wrong or right, you just reap what you sow.

Rewriting is like scrubbing the basement floor with a toothbrush.

Let living and love, be one.

Aren't maids the ultimate art critics?

Expect everything so that nothing comes unexpected.

Nothing has changed, or will change. So we must change it.

How few women have any history after the age of thirty!

Relationships are based on trust until you meet someone new.

Our lives are composed of a finite set of moments that we choose how to spend.

Where you are is what you eat. When I'm in London I'll have beans on toast for lunch. On holiday - what? Tapas? Go on then I'll have a bit. You eat whatevers in that area.

Peace will never be entirely secure until men everywhere have learned to conquer poverty without sacrificing liberty or security.

Certain music is terrifically inspirational and it is possible, months or even years afterwards, to look at a painting and remember the music that was playing during its execution.

You have to remember, that insane people can do some horrors themselves. I had committed no crime, though. I hadn't shot anybody. Yet.