Of course reading and thinking are important but, my God, food is important too.

It is not enough that I succeed, everyone else must fail.

Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.

A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.

We can only learn to love by loving.

Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wavelength of ours all they hear is a continuous scream.

We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.

He was a sociologist; he had got into an intellectual muddle early on in life and never managed to get out.

Our actions are like ships which we may watch set out to sea, and not know when or with what cargo they will return to port.

The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart.

I feel half faded away like some figure in the background of an old picture.

Pain is just the price we pay to feel

Yes, man is mortal, but that would be only half the trouble. The worst of it is that he's sometimes unexpectedly mortal—there's the trick!

When you're making a television show, it's about the story and arc of the show rather than any particular episode or director.

Today begins, tomorrow continues, and it never ends until you reach your goal.

Wisdom is the winner over good luck.

I am convinced that love is the most durable power in the world. It is not an expression of impractical idealism, but of practical realism.

It's like our country is being run by a bunch of bad alcoholic dads right now.

Wherever you have weakening states and turmoil, you will have a fertile petri dish for terrorism.

Expectation improperly indulged in must end in disappointment.

When people say no to me, I say, "Don't say no to me. There is a waywe can work this out."