In this world there is no place for sadness. No place

This worldthat was our homefor a brief spellnever brought us anythingbut pain and grief

One of history's most dangerous games begins with dividing the world into the good guys and the bad guys and ends with using any means necessary to take the villains out.

For life is too short to resign ourselves to reading poorly written books and sleeping with women we don't love.

All of her mannerisms, even her way of sitting, are of a perfect femininity. Or: how to occupy the least possible amount of space in the world.

Irony alone is damning.The flesh will be bland and you will believe you are forever reading the same book.

The recent Dictionary of Occupational Titles lists over twenty thousand specialized professions in America

Is everything forbidden us except to fold our arms? Poverty is not written in the stars

You will say things with a merry tongue

IMPRESSIONS

I learned that being a mother takes a lot of energy.

You cannot have a happy ending to an unhappy journey.

The greatest of faults I should say is to be conscious of none.

The single most important thing in a child's performance is the quality of the teacher. Making sure a child spends the maximum amount of time with inspirational teachers is the most important thing.

What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.

I've been in show business for 50, no, 60 years. I was approached in school to join a variety act.

Unfortunately, when you're an actor you're like 'Ah, if the only knew.'

The world is always ending, and the end is always being averted, by love or foolishness or just plain old dumb luck.

But you don't get into a business because of personal tastes.

The trouble with psychology is that it doesn't take human nature into account.

We are buried beneath the weight of information.