Although I'm not an orphan and I can't lift a horse. I was, however, briefly famous for my feats of strength: at about age 11, I could competitively arm-wrestle a full-grown man.

Our ability to adapt is amazing. Our ability to change isn't quite as spectacular.

I don't mind losing. Losing is like breathing to me.

I'm sorry you're angry is not an apology.

You're a terrible cook, Daniel." "I know," he replied, "But it's the effort that counts." "I hope that's not the slogan for your dental practice.

We are all a mess of contradictions; some of our traits work for us, some against us.

I have a weakness for tough guys who read." - Izzy Spellman

Somebody is always hiding something.

What's her name?" "None of your business." "That can't possibly be her name.

I refuse to have a life partner who spends his days pretending to be on a BBC show.

ISABEL: Sorry I missed my session Monday. DR. RUSH: Would you like to tell me why? ISABEL: I was depressed. DR. RUSH: That's a good reason to come to therapy.

It is really irritating to work with irritating people

Feminism is not inherently bourgeois, but bourgeois feminism is the only one given voice in our society. That is why women’s issues discuss glass ceilings rather than dirt floors.

you actually do not hate you, you just hate the circumstances at the time

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority.

If you could make a pudding wi' thinking o' the batter, it 'ud be easy getting dinner.

A man who love only himself and his pleasures is vain, presumptuous, and wicked even from principle.

I often think of a poem as a door that opens into a room where I want to go.

Most of the films that I've written, made in my life, I've written. Not all, but most I would say.

I don't know a man on this Earth who can outwork me.

I am an atheist. I do not believe in prayers, I believe in work. And my work is that of an author. My pen is my weapon.