There is nothing in the whole world so painful as feeling that one is not liked.

A man who has nothing in particular to recommend him discusses all sorts of subjects at random as if he knew everything.

One is telling a story about old times when someone breaks in with a little detail that he happens to know, implying that one's own version is inaccurate — disgusting behavior!

A good lover will behave just as elegantly at dawn as at any other time.

If someone with whom one is having an affair keeps on mentioning some woman whom he knew in the past, however long ago it is since they separated, one is always irritated.

To wash one's hair, make one's toilet, and put on scented robes; even if not a soul sees one, these preparations still produce an inner pleasure.

Scotland is a soggy sort it place, where birds and animals walk around uncooked

One cannot get through life without pain. ... What we can do is choose how to use the pain life presents to us.

I think somehow you need to get to a certain point in your life where the notion of failure is absurd.

In principle I'm an atheist, although in fact I have a lot of faith

Some of my favorite movies have explored the father-son dynamic, in a very loving way. It can be complicated, but at the end, it's that moment where you're crying because of that core relationship.

I realize that you have to be careful sometimes what you wish for.

I am not an expert at praying, as you know. But can you please help me? I am in desperate need of help. I don't know what to do. I need an answer. Please tell me what to do.

Economics seeks to be a science. Science is supposed to be objective and it is difficult to be scientific when the subject matter, the participant in the economic process, lacks objectivity.

One of the most satisfying aspects of writing is that it can open in us deep wells of hidden treasures that are beautiful for us as well as for others to see.

He is in a constant state of stage fright, he says, because he never knows what part of his life he is going to have to act in next