I'm not somebody that keeps the thing in her heart. I can get very angry for five minutes, but then it's finished. Once I've yelled, it's over.

I wasn't made to take orders. My grandmother used to tell me: 'Laws are for idiots.' She was right.

It's always extremely interesting to speak at colleges. My books are taught in many colleges in America and are part of the educational system, so it's really important to me. I don't believe in so many things in life, but something I believe in is education.

To speak behind others' backs is the ventilator of the heart.

You are putting yourself in serious danger...' I think that I preferred to put myself in serious danger rather than confront my shame. My shame at not having become someone, the shame of not having made my parents proud after all the sacrifices they had made for me. The shame of having become a mediocre nihilist.

I realized then that I didn't understand anything. I read all the books I could.

Start [the movie] in color. Color is always attributed as fun, and black and white is very sad.