I’m a man of words, yet you rob me of them every single time.

There is only one way to degrade mankind permanently and that is to destroy language.

I would no more quarrel with a man because of his religion than I would because of his art.

Life is complicated. It wtarts before we're ready, it continues while we're still trying to figure out the point of it. And it ends long before we've worked out just what to do.

Please don't tell me there's no need to worry, it's the only thing I'm any good at.

In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife!

Dance, vaudeville, drama, movies - as a child I loved everything that went on in a theater.

Tradition is the living faith of the dead. Traditionalism is the dead faith of the living.

People equate sexy with promiscuous. They think that because I'm shaped this way, I must be scandalous - like running around and bringing men into my hotel room. But it's just the opposite.

What's the point of thinking about how it's going to end when it's just the beginning?

English literature is a kind of training in social ethics. English trains you to handle a body of information in a way that is conducive to action.