Her smile was like a Samuel Beckett play - easy to read but difficult to interpret.

One of the many problems with aging is that you begin to think of yourself as a slob because your birthday suit can never be cleaned or pressed no matter how spotted or wrinkled it gets

The direct pursuit of happiness is a recipe for an unhappy life.

Dont feel sorry for no one if they dont feel sorry for you

At an early age, I started my own paper route. Once I saw how you could service people and do a good job and get paid for it, I just wanted to be the best I could be in whatever I did.

People who do not accept the new, grow old very quickly.

I am not going to play the victim.

most hated by the dark, for their name is light.

An isolated person requires correspondence as a means of seeing his ideas as others see them, and thus guarding against the dogmatisms and extravagances of solitary and uncorrected speculation.

I've been in office and I've been out of office. And if I were to choose, I'd rather be in office.

Mum said, "It is the thought that counts." And I said, "I know, which is why I am ringing the authorities right now. Anyone who thinks like she does should be locked up out of harm's way.

If I ever have children of my own, they will read Matilda. They will watch the movie. And you can bet they will see Matilda: The Musical.