[On Dashiell Hammett:] ... he is so hard-boiled you could roll him on the White House lawn.

Of course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker, and I appreciate an intelligent audience.

The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.

The only dependable law of life - everything is always worse than you thought it was going to be.

Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.

I like to have a martini/Two at the very most/After three I'm under the table/After four I'm under my host.

Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician.

Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.

If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to.

Never throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty.

Years are only garments, and you either wear them with style all your life, or else you go dowdy to the grave.

I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it.

I've discovered the secret of revenge. Outlive the f---ers! I'll dance on their graves.

We must be the ones to re-define the world class standards of excellence

He that increaseth knowledge increascth sorrow.

We all name ourselves. We call ourselves artists. Nobody asks us. Nobody says you are or you aren't.

To me death is better than the defensive.

You got a problem?" "Aside from the fact that we are about to die? No. But I want to say thank you before it is too late.

I suspect any worries about genetic engineering may be unnecessary. Genetic mutations have always happened naturally, anyway.

I refuse to be a doormat to any man. I will never allow anyone to push me around. I am my own mistress.

Everything that is worthwhile in life is scary. Choosing a school, choosing a career, getting married, having kids - all those things are scary. If it is not fearful, it is not worthwhile.