Hollywood is a mirage factory.

Dreams are necessary to life.

We love best those who are, or act for us, a self we do not wish to be or act out.

I am like a snake who has already bitten. I retreat from a direct battle while knowing the slow effect of the poison.

The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle.

The same chemicals were used in the cooking as were used on the composition of her own being: only those which caused the most violent reaction, contradiction, and teasing, the refusal to answer questions but the love of putting them, and all the strong spices of human relationship which bore a relation to black pepper, paprika, soybean sauce, ketchup and red peppers.

Mature people relate to each other without the need to merge.