Better make friends with an ignoramus who is liberal with his money and of a pleasing disposition than with a scholar who is mean and irascible.

Do not be ungrateful to animals.

Do not enter into a learned discussion with your guests unless you are assured of their ability, so as not to put them to shame.

Forget regret, or life is yours to miss. No other path, no other way, no day but today.

People with responsibility and people without responsibility are sorry for each other.

I guess that I've always wanted to be a Bond villain.

Read it aloud to yourself because that's the only way to be sure the rhythms of the sentences are OK.

But I'm not going to walk Barry Bonds, like some teams do, in the first inning with nobody on.

Controlling the master narrative of Israel means vigilantly controlling the narrative about Palestine.

May God grant me love for that which has splendor; but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.

Never, ever, ever give 100% in anything you do. . . Always give more!

I so believe that older women have tremendous value to their families, their community, their country, the world.

I've been dealing with so much press for Brooklyn, and now I am rehearsing for a play, and it is hard.