A cat only has itself.

That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am doing - which is never an easy thing to do.

The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it.

One isn’t born one’s self. One is born with a mass of expectations, a mass of other people’s ideas – and you have to work through it all.

Most people are not really free. They are confined by the niche in the world that they carve out for themselves. They limit themselves to fewer possibilities by the narrowness of their vision.

It is wrong to have an ideal view of the world. That's where the mischief starts. That's where everything starts unravelling.

The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.

Home is, I suppose just a child's idea. A house at night, and a lamp in the house. A place to feel safe.

One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria.

The world is always in movement.

All the details of the life and the quirks and the friendships can be laid out for us, but the mystery of the writing will remain. No amount of documentation, however fascinating, can take us there.

You can never be really sure of how much you believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life or death to you.

This is a business. Be smart. Choose wisely.

From Fred Astaire I learned discipline and hard work.

He no playa the game, he no maka the rules.

My parents have basically just taught me the rules of the stage and everything since I was eight.

Sarcasm doesn't read sarcastic in print.

We are creatures of imitation. We find it hard to resist the temptation to do that which we see others doing.

Everyone has setbacks. I'm no different. I happen to have no legs. That's pretty much the fact.

My activism and sexual revolution in New York was a factor.

Our goal is to enjoy, not to achieve perfection