"There is no greatness without taking risks."

“Also, since art is a vehicle for the transmission of ideas through form, the reproduction of the form only reinforces the concept. It is the idea that is being reproduced. Anyone who understands the work of art owns it. We all own the Mona Lisa.”

“I've been in Hamburg for about ten years and I just feel at home.”

“I don't want to get so lost in thinking about me and talking about me all the time in interviews. It's so nice to unwind and just look at other things and get out of yourself. It's hard to detach myself from myself without neglecting myself. You know what I mean? I don't want to get in to the habit of thinking about my career because when it comes down to it, it's not really that important. I could die tomorrow and the world would go on.”

Source : "Sky Magazine", 1988.

“She's always thought that one of the beauties of New York is that you can be from anywhere and within moments of landing its yours.”

“When I notice a rear wheel overtaking me, I know I'm sitting in a Lotus.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“The child has a mind able to absorb knowledge. He has the power to teach himself.”

“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.”

Source : Willie Morris (1970). “North toward home”, Yoknapatawpha Pr

“That what's most relevant to you is whether and how you're doing something different from what everybody else is doing.”