The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to seekers after it.

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble.

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story.

Very few of us are what we seem.

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.

Nobody knows what another person is thinking. They may imagine they do, but they are nearly always wrong.

Fear is incomplete knowledge.

Books are a habit-forming drug.

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

Don’t dare to dream big, just dream BIG!

If you run a business, you know that every moment 365*24*7 people want to F*** with your business.

What I find powerful is a person withthe confidence to be her own self.

Sometimes we're gonna have our bad days, but we must continue to work to be great. Keep smiling. It looks beautiful on you!!

Our bodily eye findeth never an end, but is vanquished by the immensity of space.

The fact that I have an ideology, however, doesn't mean I'm indoctrinated.

Every day my style changes with my mood. Some days I'll feel a little more grunge and wear boyfriend jeans, but in the summer I like to feel girly and wear dresses.

I feel anger and I feel understanding. It's a difficult position to be in.

You can make as many films as you like, but if nobody wants to put them on, whats the point?

I was participating in my own lynching, but the problem was I didn't know what I was being lynched for.