Alcohol is barren. The words a man speaks in the night of drunkenness fade like the darkness itself at the coming of day.

It's only women who are not really quite women at all, frivolous women who have no idea, who neglect repairs.

Heterosexuality is dangerous. It tempts you to aim at a perfect duality of desire.

Journalism without a moral position is impossible. Every journalist is a moralist. It's absolutely unavoidable.

I don't think your personal life has anything to do with your professional life. They are separate things. Whatever is happening at home shouldn't be carried to work. Everyone has his/her own journey. Some revel in the fact that they derive that from personal contentment, and others draw it from extreme sorrow.

Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy.

I was one of God's chosen few, no doubt about it. Not only being elected, but the joy and pleasure I derived from it. It was a wonderful life.

I always say: 'Share your happiness with the world, give other people that happiness and let it come back,' but some things make me question it. I don't know if I want some people to know that I am happy. I think a lot of people want to take it away from you, and that's really scary.