I'm leaving because the weather is too good. I hate London when it's not raining.

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them...well I have others.

If you find it hard to laugh at yourself, I would be happy to do it for you.

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.

A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.

Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.

Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.

[He] may talk like an idiot, and look like an idiot, but don't let that fool you: he really is an idiot.

Sometimes you can't fight. Sometimes, some things, you have to outlast.

Performance art is the ultimate in creativity. Since it has so many possibilities at creativity, it's essence tends to become creativity.

Wonderful ... I was up all night reading it, laughing and crying out in horror.

Mr. Faulkner, of course, is interested in making your mind rather than your flesh creep.

The shortest distance between two points is your mind. It's not a straight line.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

Civilizations have been founded and maintained on theories which refused to obey facts.

Literature is by definition opinionated. It is bound to provoke the arguments in many quarters, not excluding the hometown or even the family of the author.

I love playing the drums - I really get a lot out of it - but I don't think I'm a good enough drummer to be playing live drums on all 10 tracks on my album.

Russia is not going to give up easily on Syria. They've had a relationship with that country since 1955. It's very close to them.