Maybe I'll be 48 and die in the gutter in Paris.

In the period where I had to live the life of a citizen - a life where, like everybody else, I did tons of laundry and cleaned toilet bowls, changed hundreds of diapers and nursed children - I learned a lot.

I have loved books all my life. There is nothing more beautiful in our material world than the book.

I'm estranged from social media and I don't really deal with it. I tried to work on a website and it took up all my time. People wanted me to have a Twitter account and I spent the whole day figuring out what would be the first message. I still haven't wrapped my head around it.

What I say should always be prefaced with this: I'm not really politically articulate. I just try to be like Thomas Paine: what is common sense? So when I say these things to you, I am speaking from a humanist point of view. I just look around and see what's wrong.

Fate is like a secret friend that helps push you on into life.

The people have the power to redeem the work of fools. Upon the meek the graces shower, it's decreed the people rule.