It doesnt always help us to love the world,but it does prevent us from hating the world.

Because my life has been so notorious and so bad, it can overshadow my work.

We have a saying in Marseilles: a man in no hurry gets nowhere fast. I have been in no hurry for eight years.

I look back, now, and I know that the naming moment, which seemed so insignificant then, which seemed to demand no more than an arbitrary and superstitious yes or no, was in fact a pivotal moment in my life.

Of course I wanted to know. I was a writer. I wanted to know everything.

A man has to find a good woman, and when he finds her he has to win her love. then he has to earn her respect. then he has to cherish her trust. and then he has to, like, go on doing that for as long as they live. Until they both die. That's what it's all about. That's the most important thing in the world. That's what a man is, Yaar. A man is truly a man when he wins the love of a good woman, earns her respect, and keeps her trust. Until you do that, you're not a man.

There are no mistakes. Only new paths to explore.