When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing.
Seeking to know is too often learning to doubt
No one is satisfied with his fortune, nor dissatisfied with his intellect
We begin as dupes and end as scoundrels.
I use the words gods and goddesses principally, I think, to mean beautiful bodies - bodies that are absolute instruments. And I believe in discipline, I believe in a very definite technique.
The novelist is the person who spends a lot of his or her day thinking about the human drama and emotional complexity.
Think how you love me,' she whispered. 'I don't ask you to love me always like this, but I ask you to remember. ' You'll always be like this to me. ' Oh no; but promise me you'll remember. ' Her tears were falling. 'I'll be different, but somewhere lost inside me there'll always be the person I am tonight.
Television is completely another medium. For me, Lady Gaga and HBO are bringing us to mass culture.