Doctors can do almost anything nowadays, can't they, unless they kill you while they're trying to cure you.

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble.

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story.

Very few of us are what we seem.

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.

Nobody knows what another person is thinking. They may imagine they do, but they are nearly always wrong.

Fear is incomplete knowledge.

Books are a habit-forming drug.

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

Jesus our Teacher and Guide loves truth and hates iniquity

The audacity of my sagacity is instrumentality to my successity.

I don't let birdies and pars get in the way of having a good time

The mission that unites all of the programs of the Teach For All global network is that of cultivating the leadership capacity critical to ultimately ensuring educational opportunity for all.

He asked, "What makes a man a writer?" "Well," I said, "it's simple. You either get it down on paper, or jump off a bridge.

A director should cast a person who fits into their script.

I don't watch reality TV.

I hope my next movie is with like 80 year olds because I want to feel young again.

Was true love when you wanted to slap someone and kiss him madly at the same time?

I cannot drink or do anything that changes the mind.