The reason producers make stupid movies is because there are stupid people who will pay to see them.

That's the thing about a great book. Every time you read it, it's different, because you're different. You've changed since the last time you picked it up, things have happened to you.

Why should I bring happiness to those I loathe by obliterating myself, when I can make them miserable just by existing?

We have no control over fate and history, but we can control how we conduct ourselves in this life.

That's really what the mall is all about: money. At the mall the rule is: Credito, ergo sum - I shop, therefore I am.

We are all the same in that we all want to be different.

Whining is a form of manipulation. People will give anything to make you shut up.

We often reward mediocrity because it is comforting. If they can do it, anyone can do it.

In relationships it is best to assume nothing.

My Macbook is my new boyfriend, except that he's dependable and meets all my demands.

You can not make someone love you. You can not be thin enough or white enough or famous enough. The choice is entirely the other person's. Then again, you might try hypnosis.

…He sounded as though he had just seen The Pokey Little Puppy meet the business end of The Little Engine That Could.

Great women aren't born great, they become great.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

You can't 'cope with' change anymore than you can 'manage' stress.

An autobiography is not about pictures; it's about the stories; it's about honesty and as much truth as you can tell without coming too close to other people's privacy.

Wanderer, there is no road, the road is made by walking. The poem tells me it’s no big deal that I’m not like Snow. I can be another thing; I’m meant to be another thing.

When you are in a good position you are sure to drive well and to be very concentrated in each corner.

The day cold and fair with a high easterly wind: we were visited by two Indians who gave us an account of the country and people near the Rocky mountains where they had been.

I consider that I understand an equation when I can predict the properties of its solutions, without actually solving it.

If I had to choose a song to listen to before I died, it would be Simone singing Começar de novo.