I believe in - I am proud to belong to - the United States.

If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you.

Patience comes when you wait.

– Some people forget, do you know – they forget what it is like to be young, to feel things ruthlessly, terribly. If you forget that much of life, well, I don’t know.

Hey, when you love a woman, and when she’s this crazy in love with you, you’ve got to do whatever she says, man.

The country in which I live is not my native country that lies elsewhere and it must always be the center of my longings.

People remain what they are even when their faces fall to pieces.

It's easier for me to get three times the amount of money I really want.

There are no truer choices than those made in crisis, choices made without judgment.

I don't card out my screenplays ever. I just have an idea I just sit down and write I don't edit.