In any really good subject one has only to probe deep enough to come to tears.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be The candle or the mirror that reflects it.

The desire for symmetry, for balance, for rhythm in form as well as in sound, is one of the most inveterate of human instincts.

To visit Morocco is still like turning the pages of some illuminated Persian manuscript all embroidered with bright shapes and subtle lines.

One can remain alive ... if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity interested in big things and happy in small ways.

If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.

The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!

Nothing is more perplexing to a man than the mental process of a woman who reasons her emotions.

One of the great things about travel is you find out how many good, kind people there are.

Set wide the window. Let me drink the day.

Life is always either; a tight -rope or a feather-bed . — Give me the tightrope.

Anything can happen in life, especially nothing.

I was always led to believe you should take care of yourself, trust in your abilities and you're the author of your own destiny.

I started going to acting school when I was 14, and I would always have my own take on things.

Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.

Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance.

Untroubled, scornful, outrageous - that is how wisdom wants us to be: she is a woman and never loves anyone but a warrior.

I was just a quiet kid, really. I wasn't the class clown at all.

I was a huge 'Bewitched' fan growing up.

The Bible is the story of two gardens. Eden and Gethsemane. In the first, Adam took a fall. In the second, Jesus took a stand.

I mean, I've always had scattered interests, but I never went on stage to get an agent or anything like that