It would be a fallacy to deduce that the slow writer necessarily comes up with superior work. There seems to be scant relationshipbetween prolificness and quality.

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.

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

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.

With every choice you create the life you’ll live

Atheism is so senseless. When I look at the solar system, I see the earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance.

It wasn't the traditional cooking most people do. For me, as a young chef, Thanksgiving meant going to work in the kitchen at places like Gotham, JoJo and Jean-Georges.

The people here are amazing - the young people here are amazing. The entrepreneurs here are incredible.

A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.

Most diseases are the result of medication which has been prescribed to relieve and take away a beneficent and warning symptom on the part of Nature.

Sometimes kids just act impulsively, but it's because we have strong feelings, not because we're trying to make trouble.

Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.

Instruct regulators to look for the newest fad in the industry and examine it with great care. The next mistake will be a new way to make a loan that will not be repaid.

Stem cell research holds out the promise of finding cures and treatments for a wide range of diseases.