I never drink water; that is the stuff that rusts pipes.

A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.

I spent half my money on gambling, alcohol and wild women. The other half I wasted.

The man in our society is the breadwinner; the woman has enough to do as the homemaker, wife and mother.

If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.

I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.

I exercise strong self control. I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast.

Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite, and furthermore always carry a small snake.

A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her.

How well I remember my first encounter with The Devil'ss Brew. I happened to stumble across a case of bourbon - and went right on stumbling for several days thereafter.

The key to opening the secret of humanity is to love and understand the beauty of it.

Some women become reckless with the fire, some find every way to put it out and rise above with the ashes left behind.

You...are...a...fridge...with wings, ' Fang ground out, punching an Eraser hard with every word. 'We're...freaking...ballet...dancers.

At a lecture I am asked to pronounce my name three times. I try to be slow and emphatic, "Anaïs - Anaïs - Anaïs. You just say "Anna" and then add "ees," with the accent on the "ees."

My wife, Edith, and I both have good health - and she's been very tolerant.

The judgment of music, like the inspiration for it, must come slow and measured, if it comes with truth.

You have to find actors who have the ability to display a wide range of emotion effectively. That's so much harder than it seems.

The movie doesn't do what you want it do. It just grows and then you have a movie at the end of it, hopefully.

Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Give a man a poisoned fish, you feed him for the rest of his life.

It is easy to be hopeful in the day when you can see the things you wish on.