Nowadays, saying what you really think can be a serious error since one risks being misunderstood.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

It's populated by people who, by and large, have terrific communication skills. Every day is an extraordinary day. For me, it was just a great area for storytelling.

I don't think I was very structured in that society and I don't really believe in personal success, which most Americans believe in.

Poetry is not a silent art. The poem must perform, unaided, in its reader’s head.

My son is everything to me. He's the reason why I get up and I work out the way I work out and train the way that I train. He changed everything about me, so he was a blessing.

Love is selflessness and self-fullness; it can only be known deeply with an open, vulnerable heart.

And then he [Mike Tyson] will have only channel vision.

If you are convinced of a matter, you must take sides or you don't deserve to succeed.

Tell the truth and make it rhyme

I thought she'd make some comment about the bloodthirsty gods chasing us, but when she finally found her voice, she said, "That boy kissed you!" Leave it to Liz to have her priorities straight.