Original sin is a very commercial idea, ” said Duyckinck. “How do you think the Bible stays in print year after year?

He suddenly saw the enterprise of literature as essentially mad.

Melville to Hawthorne: "In your stories, you seem to understand that the dramatic moments come not when a character must choose between right and wrong buy when he must choose between two wrongs.

Destroying oneself, he thought ruefully, should always be done at a deliberate pace.

We had so much fun in Ghana and they are really lovely people.

Sometimes 'Hmm' is the wisest thing to say.

I've been into fashion since birth. I grew up in the 'hood, and everybody in the 'hood wants to compensate for being in poverty, so they want to look good to keep themselves up.

Sometime we'll try and reach for things we know we each want and don't deserve.

I don't count myself as a fashionista because I do a lot of other things. That's just a small part of my life.

A theocracy is a government ruled directly by God, and for us it means "Theocracy within". In other words, trying to live by God's principles instead of just living selfishly.

Much of modern life is preventable chronic stress injury.

Real value means people value-and creating value really means helping people choose better lives.

Any actor will tell you, as soon as your ego and your vanity come into the mix, it destroys your work. Completely destroys it.