It is the nature of those books we call classics to wait patiently on the shelf for us to grow into them.

Faith is the Knowledge of the Heart, Logick the Knowledge of the Mind.

I think I've become more cynical about sex. Meaning, I don't think sex in and of itself leads to an epiphany.

It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.

Where is Hollywood located? Chiefly between the ears. In that part of the American brain lately vacated by God.

Most sex doesn't really bring people together. You have to reach a certain level of connection, I think, and that's pretty rare.

What is the fatal charm of Italy? What do we find there that can be found nowhere else? I believe it is a certain permission to be human, which other places, other countries, lost long ago.