Oh, love will make a dog howl in rhyme.

Envy, like the worm, never runs but to the fairest fruit; like a cunning bloodhound, it singles out the fattest deer in the flock.

The true way to gain much is never to desire to gain too much.

Nothing's so dainty sweet as lovely melancholy.

Daisies smell-less, yet most quaint, And sweet thyme true, Primrose, first born child of Ver, Merry Spring-time's harbinger.

You are no better than you should be.

Grace comes often clad in the dusky robe of desolation.

There is a method in man's wickedness; it grows up by degrees.

The greatest attribute of Heaven is mercy.

Those have most power to hurt us, that we love.

Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she will never fly with them to heaven.

Extremism is so easy. You've got your position, and that's it. It doesn't take much thought. And when you go far enough to the right you meet the same idiots coming around from the

It is easier to fall off the ladder once you on top, the balance is being aware of your environment.

How is it possible to know so much about a person and yet know nothing at all?

I mean, there'll always be room for big productions and everything but it's good to see the other side.

Patience is grossly underestimated.

Matt Bomer and I went to Carnegie Mellon for drama together.

Luckily for you, you can close the book The Postman Always Rings Twice and break out of it, and James M. Cain can't. I can't think of any redeeming feature he has, but he's extremely compelling.

I always work from an outline, so I know all the of the broad events and some of the finer details before I begin writing the book.

He [Bill Clinton] told me that he caddied in the same group with me in the Hot Springs Open. That's why I voted for him, becasue he was a caddie.

I love being around people who love to do what I love to do, which is comedy.