Adultery is not a crime, it's an amusement.

Most people are so busy knocking themselves out trying to do everything they think they should, they never get around to do what they want to do.

The only genius that's worth anything is the genius for hard work.

Charm is the ability to make someone else think that both of you are pretty wonderful.

There's an old press-agents' slogan that's good advice: Don't read your publicity - weigh it.

I think Americans love success - but hate the people who have it.

the end of anything is a relief. In every relationship, even the most valuable, there are certain unpleasant tensions - and the ending of it snaps those taut inner wires.

War makes strangers bedfellows.

Half the joys and half the sorrows of this world are discovered in bed.

Everything matters, but nothing matters very much.

There's one thing I've always known: You can let people suspect anything else about you, but you must never let them suspect you of knowing what you're doing.

If you think about life simply as one big waiting room for eternity, who cares if it's not fully air conditioned?

In the days when wishing was having, I got what I wished and then I wish I hadn't.

The presuming social view that mental health is not as serious as the media says it is, blocks progress. This too is political.

Henry closed his eyes and imagined the sweet petulant woundedness with which she had stared at him on the beach. He felt a little proud that she could love him.

I just like the joyous aspect of playing comedy.

When you get everything you wanted, I think maybe you do have to be a little grateful for the people who got you there... whether or not they thought they were doing you any favors at the time.

Men, in whatever anxiety they may be, if they are men, sometimes indulge in relaxation.

If I have a monument in this world, it is my son.

Loss is the great unifier, the terrible club to which we all eventually belong.

When your dad's a cop, calling 911 is really just like calling Dad at work.