I didn't read so much Japanese literature. Because my father was a teacher of Japanese literature, I just wanted to do something else.

The key is to get to know people and trust them to be who they are. Instead, we trust people to be who we want them to be - and when they're not, we cry.

David Duchovny

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

Thomas Jefferson

Relationships are like a dance, with visible energy racing back and forth between partners. Some relationships are the slow, dark dance of death.

Colette Dowling

I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions.

John Enoch Powell

My dad was the town drunk. Most of the time that's not so bad but New York City?

Henny Youngman

A lobster, when left high and dry among the rock, does not have the sense enough to work his way back to the sea, but waits for the sea to come to him. If it does not come, he remains where he is and dies, although the slightest effort would enable him to reach the waves, which are perhaps within a yard of him. The world is full of human lobsters; people stranded on the rocks of indecision and procrastination, who, instead of putting forth their own energies, are waiting for some grand billow of good fortune to set them afloat.

Orison Swett Marden

A man's brain has a more difficult time shifting from thinking to feeling than a women's brain does.

Barbara de Angelis

The best safety lies in fear.

William Shakespeare

She wore so much thick white makeup in order to conceal her naturally rosy complexion that if she turned around suddenly her face would probably end up on the back of her head.

Terry Pratchett

One new feature or fresh take can change everything.

Neil Young

You are not responsible for anyone who stubbornly chooses to ruin his own life.

Vernon Howard

Though you are disappointed is hope; never let hope fail you! Though one door is shut, there are thousands still open to you.

Ruckett