The best and purest human beings, from the beginning of time, have understood that life is sacred.

Fun comes hard - like, alas, its prarens, pleasure and happiness, whom we have to pursue.

We are all such accidents. We do not make up history and culture. We simply appear, not by our own choice. We make what we can of our condition with the means available. We must accept the mixture as we find it - the impurity of it, the tragedy of it, the hope of it.

But privately when things got very bad I often looked into books to see whether I could find some helpful words, and one day I read, "The forgiveness of sins is perpetual and righteousness first is not required." This impressed me so deeply that I went around saying it to myself. But then I forgot which book it was.

The first undressing of two lovers is a most special event.

Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need to reason elaborately.

Language is a spiritual mansion in which you live and nobody has the right to evict you.