Don't ask to live in tranquil times. Literature doesn't grow there.

About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.

Normal is the average of deviance.

You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.

One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.

Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough.

I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.

While the angels, all pallid and wan, Uprising, unveiling, affirm That the play is the tragedy, "Man", And its hero the Conqueror Worm.

When I got [my] library card, that was when my life began.

Christmas is the Disneyfication of Christianity.

The work of art will bring to light a new order inherent in things, and this will be: the idea of unity.

Gambling promises the poor what property performs for the rich-something for nothing.

I've spent my life trying to make things simpler. Because I find ultimately that complicated doesn't reach the heart.

Read your own obituary notice; they say you live longer. Gives you second wind. New lease of life.

The common man is impelled and controlled by interests; the superior, by ideas.

There are so many things that go into a surgical study.

When you're a plebeian you want success, and when you're successful you want to be a plebeian again

Never invest in anything that cannot be illustrated with a crayon

Words learn'd by rote a parrot may rehearse, But talking is not always to converse, Not more distinct from harmony divine The constant creaking of a country sign.