It all depends whether hope is in front or behind you.

To read of human depravity in the police reports is one thing, to see it fall like a black shadow across one's life is another.

I believe half of the unhappiness in life comes from people being afraid to go straight at things.

What is a logical mind?... It is the antiseptic which destroys the bacilli of unreason whereby true happiness is vivified.

Women are cats ... and love to scratch even those they're fond of. Sometimes the more they love them the harder they scratch.

Women are women and can't help themselves.

Every man's first declaration of love is bathos--the zenith of his passion connoting perhaps the nadir of his intelligence.

In France the men all live in cafes, the children are all put out to nurse, and the women, saving the respect of mademoiselle -- well, the less said about them the better.

Don't be a genius, my son, it isn't good for anybody.

Children are the root of all evil.... Happy the man who has his quiver empty.

I think love is serious. It's like an invention: sometimes it lies deep down inside you, great and quiet--and at other times it racks you and keeps you from sleeping.

If you pray with your knees bow, you surrender to God.

The director respects what they've hired you for and chosen you for: to do the part and respect what you're doing.

In those moments when priorities clash always stay guided by your values, not your perceived necessities.

How many times do you take yourself to the brink of complete collapse? It's not a real fun place to go.

When people succeed, it is because of hard work. Luck has nothing to do with success.

Don Cooper is an incredible person. He's not only a great pitching coach, but he's a great human being and a great friend.

In the modern operas that 'Miss Saigon' and 'Les Miz' are, nobody breaks out into song from conventional book dialogue. Everything is sung from beginning to end, including the recitative.

In our house we don't take ourselves too seriously, and laughter is the best form of unity, I think, in a marriage.

My childhood was spent embracing one literary heroine after another. I identified passionately with each one and would slavishly imitate them.

Well, honor is the subject of my story.