It's a pity one can't imagine what one can't compare to anything. Genius is an African who dreams up snow.

Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.

And the rest is rust and stardust.

Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.

Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars.

Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.

The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.

I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.

Loneliness as a situation can be corrected, but as a state of mind it is an incurable illness.

We were meant to survive because of our minds' ability to reason, our ability to live with frustration in order to maintain our virtue. We wore smiling masks while dying inside.

Keep Inspiring everyday, because when you retire, you will lose desire, become tired, and expire.

I find it difficult to be in rooms now for long periods of time. I can usually take it for about an hour. Then I stride out.

Paradise for a happy man lies in his own good nature.

Marriage is not a game for the young.

Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.

A lot of times when I say I didn't do anything I was actually in Miami doing a show.

They usually show movies on a flight like that.

I know I'm gonna die so my revenge is living well.

Kindness nobler ever than revenge.