No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by... →
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones on hand do more to produce a happy life than the volumes we can't find.
Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
One of the things that I am happy about in my life as an artist is that I am not considered a Hispanic artist.
Andres Serrano
I'm actually a very lazy person. Most of the time, I'm happy to sit around and stare. Or watch bad TV soaps. It's quite rare for me to... →
Vikram Seth
I tend to follow a scattershot approach to reading a lot of very diverse subjects interest me, and I'm quite happy to read stuff on any of them.
I spent many years of my life as an economist and demographer. I was finally distracted by writing my novels and poetry. I'm enormously happy... →
I am always happy up a ladder with a paintbrush in my hand. And I wish I had more time to spend in the garden - not least because I get good ideas... →
Diane Setterfield
It's like you always have to put on a happy face, be the phony baloney, and I'm so not that. I never was that; I'll never be that. That... →
Chloe Sevigny
In Hollywood, you can't say anything bad about anybody or everyone is going to attack you. It's like you always have to put on a happy face... →