On my desk, I always have a lemon or a lime drying. I love the fragrance. Also, a Staedtler eraser, a brush for the eraser and a pencil sharpener.

My workspace is defined by books, ephemera, quiet and light. I don't have a computer, telephone or a fax machine there.

What protects you in this world from sadness and from the loss of an ability to do something? ... Work and love.

Everyone I know is looking for solace, hope and a tasty snack.

A visit to a museum is a search for beauty, truth, and meaning in our lives. Go to museums as often as you can.

Flowers lead to books, which lead to thinking and not thinking and then more flowers and music, music. Then many more flowers and many more books.

I like the brooding man - a brooding man with a sense of humor.

if something does go wrong, here is my advice... KEEP CALM and CARRY ON.

Go out and walk. That is the glory of life.

In any work you do, you can be profound one minute, and then you be superficial the next, and you can be smart and insightful and then insipid. There can be room for all that.

Wonderful things happen when your brain is empty.

Her cowardice had been re-branded as self-preservation, and she was grateful for it.

Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.

Just what we need," moaned Holly. "Artemis Fowl with magical powers.

It is done to you as you believe.

There is more to life than increasing its speed. Gandhi gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it? Richard Bach Life exists for the love of music or beautiful things.

Anyone who writes an autobiographical work at the age of 34 is, at best, presumptuous. It occurred to me that it was time to set the record straight.

You don't have to be an heiress to look like one, if you act like one then everyone will just presume you are one.

He that sees another in error and endeavors not to correct it, testifies himself to be in error.

While we are focusing on fear, worry or hate, it is not possible for us to be experiencing happiness, enthusiasm or love.

It's a very good thing for students also to be exposed to people who aren't film students or film scholars but who work in the world of film.