I had never considered marriage, but I had an open mind, and I was to learn after a brief try at it that most open minds should be closed for repairs.

Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down.

If you steal from one author it's plagiarism; if you steal from many it's research.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something.

A drama critic is a person who surprises the playwright by informing him what he meant.

The worst-tempered people I've ever met were people who knew they were wrong.

The gent who wakes up and finds himself a success hasn't been asleep.

God help those who do not help themselves.

Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something.

In the battle of existence, Talent is the punch; Tact is the clever footwork.

Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.

Trust the story ... the storyteller may dissemble and deceive, the story can't: the story can only ever be itself.

Most people trusted in the future, assuming that their preferred version of it would unfold.

You are the stories you tell, whatever their basis in fact or experience. It’s who you are.

Guilt was its own prison.

Good taste is death vulgarity is life.

The solution to a problem changes the nature of the problem.

The government is determined to continue the process of fiscal consolidation and structural reform in order to secure sound public finances and improve the country's international competitiveness.

The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.

People who are harder to love pose a challenge, and the challenge makes them easier to love. You're driven to love them. People who want their love easy don't really want love.

Knowledge of life brings confidence, and Knowledge of death makes you fearless and centred.