Comedy does offer an avenue to television and film careers for untelegenic people that great drama does not.

Generally speaking, I think it is fair to say that I am a friend to the creatures of the Earth when I am not busy eating them or wearing them.

A stopped clock is correct twice a day, but a sundial can be used to stab someone, even at nighttime.

Specificity is the soul of narrative.

I am not beautiful, so I don't know why I'm making myself ugly. But the mustache stays.

All I can ask from society is that it please stop telling me why I should like sports.

I actually own a copy of my own book; that's how dedicated I am as an author.

There is no ritual that enhances creativity other than just starting.

My career as a magazine writer was largely prefaced on the idea of curiosity, to go on adventures and weasel my way into the lives of people that I admire.

A literary agent is nothing but a cheap salesman (or woman); while a writer is a cheap salesman (or woman) who also has to actually write the books.

The villain of any story is often the most compelling character.

Ouch! What are you doing, Karl, you broke my skull!

The longer you delay in seizing the treasure, the more likely you’ll lose it. The time to act is now.

People who think about art as an investment are pathetic.

You find the wrong boy, you ask for trouble. You find the right boy, you find love.

You cannot imagine the wild enthusiasm that these two men created in Vienna. Newspapers went into raptures over each new waltz, and innumerable articles appeared about Lanner and Strauss.

I feel life is to be lived. You want to spend your time doing things and being with friends and all that.

No one is so thoroughly superstitious as the godless man.

I think I may have been the only person to be rewarded charitably and get a tax deduction for swearing on film!

Our players are mad, but it's good mad.

A blond in a red dress can do without introductions -- but not without a bodyguard.