"Perhaps you do not understand me because you do not love me."

"The healthy, the strong individual, is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he has an abscess on his knee or in his soul."

"No punishment of the unrighteous has ever been too severe in the eyes of the righteous."

"When the grandmothers of today hear the word ``Chippendales,'' they don't necessary think of chairs."

"Find peace in where and what you are."

"Mine is the poverty of angels. I just don't give a damn about possessions and the like... What need have I for objects and luxury? I write, and that's enough."

"I can endure my own despair but not another's hope."

"It is the saying of an ancient sage that humor was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor."

"Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so."

"Good men must be affectionate men."

"More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly."

"The worst thing about Europe is that you can't go out in the middle of the night and get a Slurpee."