How we love to love things for other people; how we love to have other people love things through our eyes.

Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England.

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.

Keep passing the open windows.

Half my life is an act of revision.

You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.

If you don't feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you are doing isn't very vital.

. . .There are moments when time does stop. We must be alert enough to notice such moments . . .

There are a lot of good men out there who just need a little direction and leadership in order for them to offer what they have to young men and boys.

Now that rock is turning 50, it's become classical in itself. It's interesting to see that development.

I treat clothing or a piece of jewelry like it was a piece of art.

Neither we, nor any other people, will ever be respected till we respect ourselves and we will never respect ourselves till we have the means to live respectfully.

Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment.

I sure hope you're staying alive for the upcoming Dodgers series.

I hate imitation jewelry, dark lipstick and most of all a shrill voice. This has spoiled many a picture of feminine loveliness.

I get paranoid about people staring at me. Even now I don't deal with people looking at me. I can't do it sometimes. I can't go out. I don't know how to react when people stare.

Marry...into a family that will enable your children to feel proud of both sides of the house.

That adage about genius being 5 percent inspiration and 95 perspiration - it's true.