I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble.

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story.

Very few of us are what we seem.

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.

Nobody knows what another person is thinking. They may imagine they do, but they are nearly always wrong.

Fear is incomplete knowledge.

Books are a habit-forming drug.

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.

You must never forget that greatness does not guarantee happiness but goodness always does

I always loved cooking, from an early age. I kind of wanted to be a chef.

Half the failures in life arise from pulling in one's horse as he is leaping. Happiness is a habit. Cultivate it.

I played this character twice in live action, and now I've become an animated character. It was actually fun to see myself drawn - I've never been a drawn character before.

We got the hot fudge on the bottom.... that allows you to control the fudge distribution while you're eating your ice cream.

What worse can happen to a man than to have been born? It's like asking a man who is drowning whether he is not afraid of getting wet.

Anybody can get from point A to point B, but how you get there, that's the fun part. That's the story. That's when you can really let go and let your uniqueness shine!

You learn from your mistakes, or you go backward. I'm the kind of person who wants to move forward.

Retiring and discovering that you no longer have enough energy to enjoy life and dying a few years out of sheer boredom.

I went into a shop and I said, "Can someone sell me a kettle." The bloke said "Kenwood" I said, "Where is he?"