I wonder about prisoners. They're told, "You are free, you are innocent, you can go anywhere." I'm sure they usually feel nothing. They don't burst into tears or hysterics or joy or "I told you so." It's nothing. To be on the straight path isn't a bloody thing. It's just ordinary.

I think allure is something around you, like a perfume or like a scent. It's like a memory ... it pervades.

Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked 'female'

Being vulgar is fine, but oh please just don't be boring.

Every girl in the world should have geisha training

Water is God's tranquilizer.

Peanut butter is the greatest invention since Christianity.