In fiction, beauty was run-of-the-mill.

For a bookworm like Mother, a Brontë novel sister was better than a biological one.

Choosing between day and night. Edgar and Heathcliff.

You can't be a good manager if you are doing everything yourself.

We’re automatons in a symphony conducted by a lunatic and performed by blind idealists.” Damon

I know lots more old drunks than old doctors.

Marriage is nature's way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.

It's really important, whether you're a conservative or a liberal, to always challenge the conventional wisdom, which is what I've tried to do in all my work.

As those who believe in the visibility of ghosts can easily see them, so it is always easy to see repulsive qualities in those we despise and hate.

If you can attain repose and calm, believe that you have seized happiness.

Time does not become sacred to us until we have lived it.

Always fight for quality, whether giving or receiving.

I think the acting satisfies the need and desire for approval.