“Perhaps this was the secret to being at peace: want nothing but what is given to you.”

“For the sake of my country, and perhaps a little for the sake of my soul, I have given up the deep peace of being in opposition.”

“Perhaps its inevitable, perhaps one has to choose between being nothing at all and impersonating what one is.”

“Secrets. Funny how, when you're about to be given something precious, something you've wanted for a long time, you suddenly feel nervous over taking it.Everyone wants more than anything to be allowed into someone else's most secret self. Everyone wants to allow someone into their most secret self. Everyone feels so alone inside that their deepest wish is for someone to know their secret being, because then they are alone no longer. Don't we all long for this? Yet when it's offered it's frightening, because you might not live up to the desires of the one who bestows the gift. And frightening because you know that accepting such a gift means you'll want-perhaps be expected- to offer a similar gift in return. Which means giving your *self* away. And what's more frightening than that?”

“The secret to modeling is not being perfect. What one needs is a face that people can identify in a second. You have to be given what’s needed by nature, and what’s needed is to bring something new.”

“Human beings. They are the ones with the most important job. They are supposed to make what they want out of what they are given.”