"There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction."

"Repulsion is the sentry that guards the gate to all that we most desire."

"The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant."

"It is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or whether I am serious, just as it is not necessary for me to know it myself."

"Have no fear of perfection -- you will never reach it."

"There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad."

"If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time."

"Sex: the thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble."

"The one whose judgment counts most in your life is the one staring back in the glass."

"Women constitute half the world's population, perform nearly two-thirds of its work hours, receive one-tenth of the world's income and own less than one-hundredth of the world's property."

"He was burned, so he ran into the bamboo grove, but the grove caught fire."

"At least when I was govenor, cocaine was expensive."