Pet names are a persistant remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. They are a reminder, too, that one is not all things to all people.

Pack a pillow and blanket and see as much of the world as you can.You will not regret it.

...that in spite of living in a mansion an American is not above wearing a pair of secondhand pants, bought for fifty cents.

That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.

My grandfather says that's what books are for, " Ashoke said, using the opportunity to open the volume in his hands. "To travel without moving an inch.

It's easier to surrender to confinement.

Sleep, " he commanded. "You need to rest after being jumped.""You could jump me.

Dress the part! Invent and pretend to your heart’s content! Act, sing, and dance while everyone’s watching! The world’s a stage, remember?

Sharks to not eat Chinese people because they get hungry thirty minutes later".

If there was a mobility service that's cheaper than owning a car, more reliable, and you get to sit in the back seat instead of being stressed out in the front seat, why would you own a car?

If one story becomes too hot, then you can't forget it. As an actor, you want to remain fluid.

What I made depended on what I found on the street. At least in the beginning, my materials came from the street.

The whole world is strewn with snares, traps, gins and pitfalls for the capture of men by women.

I don't say it in a cocky way, but I take pride in being one of the best at doing what I do.

I think that friendship always makes us feel such sweet gratitude, because the world almost always seems like a very hard desert, and the flowers that grow there seem to grow against such high odds.

The budding rose above the rose full blown.