Sometimes beauty needs a bit of ignoring, to properly come into being.

[Italian men] are like show poodles. Sometimes they look so good I want to applaud.

If life gives you lemons, don't settle for simply making lemonade - make a glorious scene at a lemonade stand.

Writing is not like dancing or modeling; it's not something where-if you missed it by age 19-you're finished. It's never too late. Your writing will only get better as you get older and wiser. If you write something beautiful and important, and the right person somehow discovers it, they will clear room for you on the bookshelves of the world-at any age. At least try.

Take care of the problems now, or else you'll just have to suffer again later when you scew everything up the next time. And that repetition of suffering - that's hell. Moving out of that endless repetition to a new level of understand - there's where you'll find heaven.

I feel like if I were to get another tattoo, it would probably be those two words. Just stubborn, stubborn, stubborn gladness.

Having a baby is like getting a tattoo on your face. You really need to be certain it's what you want before you commit.