Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn.

Money doesn't mind if we say it's evil, it goes from strength to strength. It's a fiction, an addiction, and a tacit conspiracy.

Weapons are like money; no one knows the meaning of enough.

You cannot combine being a movie star with not being a movie star.

Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions.

Every writer hopes or boldly assumes that his life is in some sense exemplary, that the particular will turn out to be universal.