Do you think you can wait - because I don't want you to stop loving me. I keep remembering us and how it was. I don't want to hurt you...not ever...

You've got to enjoy whatever you can and forget about the rest.

...I used to think if you read enough books you'd automatically know how to do everything the right way. But reading and doing are not the same at all.

I made promises to you that I'm not sure I can keep.

...love at thirteen is nothing like love at eighteen.

We are generally treated based on how much or little we have, earn, or know—or seem to have, earn, or know.

Life is a weirdly themed party

All I trust is the past. Things that have ended can't betray me.

She had been his talisman, his cure for the insecurities and worries that he knew deep down didn't really matter, but somehow had always managed to get the best of him.

I, of course, wanted to play real jazz. When we played pop tunes, and naturally we had to, I wanted those pops to kick! Not loud and fast, understand, but smoothly and with a definite punch.

The major gossip columnists were more concerned with protecting the industry than with gunning down sinners.

I don't have any plugs or tucks but people do what they want. I look at it as mutilation.

What I did to celebrate was I went home to my 535-square-foot apartment by myself and ate supper by myself. That was how I celebrated getting a record deal.

I believe what makes cooking in Las Vegas different from cooking in most other cities are the guests that dine with you in Las Vegas.

I conceive the essential task of religion to be "to develop the consciences, the ideals, and the aspirations of mankind".