I write very quickly; I rewrite very slowly. It takes me nearly as long to rewrite a book as it does to get the first draft.

Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England.

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.

Keep passing the open windows.

Half my life is an act of revision.

You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.

If you don't feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you are doing isn't very vital.

. . .There are moments when time does stop. We must be alert enough to notice such moments . . .

A lion is born knowing how to hunt, but has to learn how to hunt well.

There are no healing agents.

The purpose of the Reichsautobahnen is to become the roads of Adolf Hitler.

Men seem to be born with a debt they can never pay no matter how hard they try.

Colonial governors and senior civil servants are not easy people to argue with, and I was not popular because of my criticism of the colonial service in Kenya.

World peace comes about when each individual lives in a peaceful setting. Likewise, when each individual lives in a peaceful setting, it means that world peace has been realized.

No matter how numerous they may be, mutations do not produce any kind of evolution.

The only thing I wanted to do when I was a young naive kid was to become a New York stage actor.

I have lived a great life. I am very happy.

Obamacare premiums are of no concern to people in the establishment. Same thing with illegal immigration, same thing with trade deals.