How it infuriates a bigot, when he is forced to drag out his dark convictions!

The test of enjoyment is the remembrance which it leaves behind.

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.

When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.

Don't tell friends their social faults; they will cure the fault and never forgive you.

The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.

Eat with the rich, but go to the play with the poor, who are capable of joy.

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.

What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers.

Style is a magic wand, and turns everything to gold that it touches.

If you pick a fight with one man or woman who is in pain you are already out numbered.

I hold on to faith and hope.

The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy.

I discovered that my imagination came alive when I moved away from the immediate world around me.

Gimmicks come and go the cop show seems one genre that will never leave - not as long as people like to sit at home in the suburbs and see what awful things go on in the cities.

You're in a world of diversity. You see things through a glass darkly. There is a separation everywhere.

I find that once you start helping others, it makes you feel better about yourself. It helps you figure out what you want to do with your own life.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do day after tomorrow just as well.

I've always wanted to tell a story about Lincoln. I saw a paternal father figure; I saw someone who was completely, stubbornly committed to his ideals, to his vision.

Perfection is always infinite. We are the Infinite already. You and I, and all beings, are trying to manifest that infinity.