Enemies are so stimulating.

If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.

As one goes through life, one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move.

Never complain. Never explain.

I have no romantic feelings about age. Either you are interesting at any age or you are not. There is nothing particularly interesting about being old - or being young, for that matter.

Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I've had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic attitude. In the final analysis, you have got not to forget to laugh.

I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I've just done what I damn well wanted to, and I've made enough money to support myself, and ain't afraid of being alone

You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur.

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.

But there is no value to suffering!

Being on 'The Sopranos' definitely prepared me for the militant secrecy of 'Mad Men.'

People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done.

Art is an aspect of God and there is only one God, but different people see Him in different ways. Though He is always the same He doesn't always look the same.

If it is possible, it is done. If it is impossible... it will be done.

John Lott has done the most extensive, thorough and sophisticated study we have on the effects of loosening gun control laws.

People in power need to control others in order to maintain power. One of the ways to do that is to take that which is threatening and demonize it.

[Nabokov's] language is made visible . . . like a veil or transparent curtain. You cannot help seeing the curtain as you peek into the intimate rooms behind.

I tell my students, it's got to be warm, dry, and noble.

The Armenian massacre was the greatest crime of the war.