A gentleman never offends unintentionally

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

Books make the best ersatz friendships.

Life is full of choices.Your choice is your true freedom.

More than 100 people are involved in a transplant operation... and we can't waste time and resources if there is a chance the caretakers aren't up for an awesome responsibility.

If a good person does you wrong, act as though you had not noticed it. They will make note of this and not remain in your debt long.

How fast does a zebra have to run before it looks gray.

You must learn, day by day, year by year, to broaden your horizon.

America is supposed to be given over to ugliness. There are a good many ugly things there and the ugliest are the most pretentious.

I think listening to a lot of Lou Reed when I was a teenager is what encouraged me to just sing however felt good to me.

History is the study of lies, anyway, because no witness ever recalls events with total accuracy, not even eyewitnesses.

I never think of myself as a celebrity - or even an actor, actually. I think of myself as a writer-director.