He sat upon his throne, which is made of skulls.
Pride's chickens have bonny feathers, but they are an expensive brood to rear. They eat up everything, and are always lean when brought to market.
Failure and success are not accidents, but the strictest justice.
To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation.
The pale child, Eve, leading her mother, Night.
To have to die is a distinction of which no man is proud.
An old novel has a history of its own.
I don't like quintessential certitude.
It really takes growing up to treasure the specialness of being different. Now I understand that I've gotten to enjoy things that others have not, whether it's the laughter, the poetry of my Spanish language - I love Spanish poetry, because my grandmother loved it - our food, our music. Everything about my culture has given me enormous education and joy.
In my films, all the great things are put together. It's not like one kind of ice cream but rather a very big Sundae.
Was the period of happiness worth the unhappiness that followed a breakup? Most people seemed to think so, because they got on the love train time and time again.