When you meet the man [Brassai] you see at once that he is equipped with no ordinary eyes. And the sharpness of vision and depth of insight are revealed in Brassai's lifelong photographic exploration of Paris - its people, places, and things.

Do anything, but let it produce joy. Do anything, but let it yield ecstasy.

But it's just because the chances are all against you, just because there is so little hope, that life is sweet over here.

You have to write a million words before you find your voice as a writer.

On the meridian of time, there is no injustice: there is only the poetry of motion creating the illusion of truth and drama.

The legal system is often a mystery, and we, its priests, preside over rituals baffling to everyday citizens.

Let me be, was all I wanted. Be what I am, no matter how I am.