Of all damnable offenses preaching prudence to the young is the most damnable.

To think of losing is to lose already.

It is best as one grows older to strip oneself of possessions, to shed oneself downward like a tree, to be almost wholly earth before one dies.

... possessiveness cannot accept; it cannot even strike a fair bargain; it has to confer.

The fatal flaw of gravity; when you are down, everything falls down on you.

Spring is strictly sentimental, self-regarding; but I burn more careless in the autumn bonfire.

Inflation is the senility of democracies.

cooking is the most succulent of human pleasures.

One cannot overestimate the power of a good rancorous hatred on the part of the stupid. The stupid have so much more industry and energy to expend on hating. They build it up like coral insects.

Truth has beauty, power, and necessity.

Idleness is righteous if it is comfortable. Uncomfortable idleness is sin & sinful waste.

had almost forgotten the wet brush of your kisses… soft as April snowflakes

It’s amazing how my mind opens up right when I have to run on the treadmill. I’ve finished three chapters rather than run a mile.

See Christians, Jews, one heavy sabbath keep, And all the western world believe and sleep.

I think for any actor to say they don't like attention is ridiculous. Of course we love attention. But getting attention is different than pretending the attention means something.

We need excellence in public education and if the teachers can't do it, we'll send in a couple of policemen.

I find it hard to get enthusiastic about hotels because, as a touring comic, I spend a lot of time in them.

Literary criticism now is all pranks and polemics.

When I work I relax; doing nothing or entertaining visitors makes me tired.

I have a strong disrespect for authority and for rules. Including gravity. Gravity sucks.

It's like getting into film - I didn't say early on, 'I'm going to become a filmmaker,' 'I'm going to show my work at MoMA.' When you start to think those things, you're in trouble.