The past is not dead, it is not even past.

Every book is a journey, and every journey changes you a little.

The best artworks are those that disappear into life.

I think that the most important thing is to be kind to yourself and to others.

There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.

That's exhilarating if you're doing well, and very crushing if you're not. It leads, in the worst cases -- in the analysis of a sociologist like Emil Durkheim -- it leads to increased rates of suicide. There are more suicides in developed, individualistic countries than in any other part of the world. And some of the reason for that is that people take what happens to them extremely personally -- they own their success, but they also own their failure.