True self is the part of us that does not change when circumstances do.

Imagination awakens ambition, then causes it to lose its way.

In a strange city, I connect through food and fantasy.

I know that I am what I am. But I am not sure what I am.

The public is a hibernating bear, hard to awaken and fond of honey.

I love money, but will money ever love me in return?

Vice is a dreary business. And virtue is not a lot of fun, either.