He understands my pity for his ridiculous, humiliating physical necessity.

If all of us acted in unison as I act individually there would be no wars and no poverty. I have made myself personally responsible for the fate of every human being who has come my way.

Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source.

I hate men who are afraid of women's strength.

The one who travels like a lover searching for a new passion is suddenly blessed with new eyes, new ears, new senses.

Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic.

For too many centuries women have been being muses to artists. I wanted to be the muse, I wanted to be the wife of the artist, but I was really trying to avoid the final issue — that I had to do the job myself.