I've been reading ghost stories ever since I could read. I'm immensely curious about ghosts and UFOs and all that stuff, but I'm a very hard-headed person.

When emotion supersedes reason ... gullibility must follow.

No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.

Dogs can be made to feel guilty about anything, including the sins of their owners. Cats refuse to take the blame for anything - including their own sins.

there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.

The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.

I knew the answer, and--of course--so did Ramses. He has superb breath control and always gets in ahead of me.

Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.

A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.

Cats always made up to the people who hated them the most. Depending on how you chose to look at it, it was a touching manifestation of trust, or a malicious pleasure in human discomfort.

Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.

Love is divinity of life.

Whenever there is a conflict between pink and blue, let the pink win. Happiness is more important then colors.

Life is totally unbelievable. Enjoy it at its fullest, with no regrets.

The shadow of crisis has passed, and the State of the Union is strong.

I'm living the dream.

There is no describing the feeling of being mistreated by a successful rival in front of the woman you worship.

We are but whirlpools in a river of ever-flowing water. We are not stuff that abides, but patterns that perpetuate themselves. A pattern is a message, and may be transmitted as a message.

We need to clear our minds of bad thoughts.

In the end we must, I think, somehow conclude that they have as much right to this planet as we have.

You learn to know a pilot in a storm.