I respect faith but doubt is what gets you an education.

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.

When people ask me how come I have written over three hundred books my response to them is take advantage of time.

I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life.

Both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of who we can dare to become.

Your chances of creating deeply hinge on the quality of your awareness state.

No one who wears a crown is ever safe.

That one never need to look beyond the love of money for explanation of human behavior is one of the most jealously guarded simplification of our culture.

Black people invented jazz. But this story [in La La Land] wasn't ever claiming to be that. It's just a story about two people from one writer's point of view.

I sort of have a love affair with my work. Many of us work far too hard and we don't put enough value in the epicurean, sensual part of life.

In the domain of art there is no light without heat.

What you do off the job is determining factor in how far you will go on the job.