There are two ways to be rich: One is by acquiring much, and the other is by desiring little.
Edit your life frequently and ruthlessly. It's your masterpiece after all.
While the people of Madrid seem to have resigned to selling almost anything - the one thing they have never given up on so far - is time. It is the one commodity that is never sold and always shared.
Prose is architecture and the Baroque age is over.
There's a fine line between minimalism and not trying very hard.