The rigour of science requires that we distinguish well the undraped figure of Nature itself from the gay-coloured vesture with which we clothe her a….

I am not an African. I am an American..

Though introverts are drained by interaction, we can take immense pleasure in watching the scene around us..

I love to write and I assure you I write regularly... But I write for myself, for my own pleasure. And I want to be left alone to do it..

There is only one thing Donald Trump is interested in, and that's Donald Trump..

For Myrth prolongeth lyfe, and causeth health..

Making the effort is quite a pleasure in itself..

Books, we are told, propose to instruct or to amuse. Indeed! A true antithesis to knowledge, in this case, is not pleasure, but power. All that is li….

I lived and languished..

I am occasionally loveable but for the most part I’m like loving a raincloud..

Because love, love never finishes..

It is really a tightrope sort of thing, living..

I enjoy making films and some experiences are better than others. Most of the time they're great experiences... but turning up to go to work on this ….

Respectability is the state of never being caught doing anything which gives you pleasure..

Such happiness is relative and is better called pleasure or satisfaction..

In this world, all pleasures are sources of pain..

I don't see the point in working just to be working..

It's not so much do what you like as it is that you like what you do..

When someone tells me not to do something, I'll do it more..

Love which economizes is never true love..

Nobody understands your life, but you..