It is love in old age, no longer blind, that is true love. For the love's highest intensity doesn't necessarily mean it's highest quality.

An ideal wife is any woman who has an ideal husband.

Gossip is never fatal until it is denied.

Whatever does not pretend at all has style enough.

Boyhood is the longest time in life for a boy. The last term of the school-year is made of decades, not of weeks, and living through them is like waiting for the millennium.

The only good in pretending is the fun we get out of fooling ourselves that we fool somebody.

Take your work seriously but never take yourself seriously and do not take what happens either to yourself or your work seriously.

Destiny has a constant passion for the incongruous.

The only safe male rebuke to a scornful female is to stay away from her - especially if that is what she desires.

The understanding smile of an old wife to her husband is one of the loveliest things in the world.

There aren't any old times. When times are gone they're not old, they're dead! There aren't any times but new times!

You can fool all the people all the time if the advertising is right and the budget is big enough.

I've always been me. I've always been very direct and have told the truth and have been very willing to stand up and speak out.

As a writer, you have to be willing to kill your darlings, and I'm a writer first. As a director, I've got no problem cutting the scenes.

Out of all the weird things out of the tour, the weirdest thing for me is singing every day.

I would rate the fact that I get to be alive a big beautiful 10. Satisfaction with myself - work in progress.

There's no way that I know of to avoid pain absolutely, but suffering is the interpretation we choose to place on the pain we encounter.

Every time I see a guy walk out of an over-the-top sports car, I think they need a cold shower.

Love is like swallowing hot chocolate before it has cooled off. It takes you by surprise at first, but keeps you warm for a long time.

Pain and happiness are simply conditions of the ego. Forget the ego.

Well, TV series tie you up. You can't do films while you're doing a TV series.