Good sex is a mystery. Perhaps humping and pumping is not a mystery, but good sex is a mystery, and how human beings become truly intimate remains a mystery.

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher." - Socrates (470-399 B.C.) "Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't

It takes a spasm of love to write a poem.

Each artist or writer who works in Venice comes to believe that the city yields its most special secret to him or her alone.

What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?

Sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities.

I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.