I don't belong to any club or group. I don't fish, cook, dance, endorse books, sign books, co-sign declarations, eat oysters, get drunk, go to church, go to analysts, or take part in demonstrations.

Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.

And the rest is rust and stardust.

Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.

Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars.

Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.

The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.

I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.

Loneliness as a situation can be corrected, but as a state of mind it is an incurable illness.

When its back's against the wall, even positivity will come out fighting!

If you continue to hit your head against the wall, don’t be surprised if your head hurts.

How many really capable men are children more than once during the day?

Money won't buy happiness but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem.

When I realized that if I was an actor, I could be any character I wanted instead of just one particular, I was like, 'Wow, that's cool.'

If you can find a frock you look nice in and can run up three flights of stairs, you're not fat.

When writing dialogue, I hear it in both Russian and English, and try to find a language that combines the two.

Of all the heavenly gifts that mortal men commend, What trusty treasure in the world can counterfail a friend?

I would rather be sick than idle.

I shall cling to the rope God has thrown me in Jesus Christ, even if my numb hands can no longer feel it.