I have an extremely strong, masculine mind and a feminine sensibility level, which is kind of an unusual combination. Both men and women tell me things and I can relate on two levels simultaneously.

She is pure Alice in Wonderland, and her appearance and demeanor are a nicely judged mix of the Red Queen and a Flamingo.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.

I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.

The wind is us-- it gathers and remembers all our voices, then sends them talking and telling through the leaves and the fields.

Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.

I love New York, even though it isn't mine, the way something has to be, a tree or a street or a house, something, anyway, that belongs to me because I belong to it.

When you've got nowhere to turn, turn on the gas.

Well, I'm about as tall as a shotgun, and just as noisy.

A man who doesn't dream is like a man who doesn't sweat. He stores up a lot of poison.

Sometimes loneliness makes the loudest noise.

I really hope that the Japanese are going to stop demonstrating to the world what man-made radiation does to people.

The graveyard is every man final resting place.

If people are taking pictures of me at Starbucks, it's not the end of the world. It's cool, it's fun, it's exciting.

I prefer a saint with faults to a sinner with none.

One might better try to sail the Atlantic in a paper boat, than try to get to heaven on good works.

The possession of wealth is, as it were, prepayment, and involves an obligation of honor to the doing of correspondent work.

I'm perfectly happy doing nothing. I'll hang around the house and take the dog to the park.

One makes war to win, not because it's just.

One does not consider style, because style is.