All the makeup in this world can never cover up an empty brain.

To write you dreams of fantasy, is to create fantasy in another's dreams.

The ragamuffin gospel says we can't lose, because we have nothing to lose.

I hold that the parentheses are by far the most important parts of a non-business letter.

Feelings are good servants, but they are disastrous masters.

Thoughts lead to acts, acts lead to habits, habits lead to character - and our character will determine our eternal destiny.

Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye and you will be drawn toward it. Picture yourself vividly as winning and that alone will contribute immeasurably to success.

And all that we built, and all that we breathed And all that we spilled or pulled up like weeds Is piled up in back and it burns irrevocably And we spoke up in turns 'til the silence crept over me.

A lot of young writers are very precious about their words. Don't be - you've got to be ready to burn stuff. You're not as good as you think you are, at least not yet.

In Manhattan, I often do two or three or more shows a night, so I'm always working on new material.

doubt is a skill. credulity ,by contrast, appears to be something very like an instinct