It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.

I'm not happy when I'm writing, but I'm more unhappy when I'm not.

A woman has to be twice as good as a man to go half as far.

Art transcends war. Art is the language of God and war is the barking of men. Beethoven is bigger than war.

Family. A snug kind of word.

The vast army of women seeking divorce are mainly after easy alimony from men they have ceased to love - surely one of the most despicable forms of barter that can exchange human hands.

Nervous hands as if the fingers were dripping from them like icicles.

I would rather regret what I have done than what I have not.

writing is the loneliest job in the world. There's always that frustrating chasm to bridge between the concept and the writing of it. We're a harassed tribe, we writers.

Few enjoy noisy overcrowded functions. But they are a gesture of goodwill on the part of host or hostess, and also on the part of guests who submit to them.

Any writer worth the name is always getting into one thing or getting out of another thing.

When discontent sets in it's time to make some changes. In a world where so much is possible, yet so many people are unhappy, there has to be another way.

The only person who can pull you down is yourself. If you choose to pull yourself down, please don’t complain.

We may have lots of differences, We may not be the perfect couple.But in-spite of those differences, In-spite of those imperfection, We are always at our best for each other...

Your fey cousin here has the miraculous ability to hold his liquor--and mine, and yours, and the king's, and half the country's, I expect.

In America you're conditioned to regard everything as a contest. You have to make the Ten Best Dressed List, win this, win that. It drives me nuts sometimes. Who cares, for Christ's sake?

Together, all things are possible

I've had job stability for years at a time. You really develop great relationships with the people you work with.

We must help the child to act for himself, will for himself, think for himself; this is the art of those who aspire to serve the spirit.

Forgiveness liberates the soul, it removes fear.

Caen's San Francisco may not be the city we remember, but it is the city we want to remember.