One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.

I always tell kids, you have two eyes and one mouth. Keep two open and one closed. You never learn anything if you're the one talking.

All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.

You've got to love what you're doing. If you love it, you can overcome any handicap, or the soreness, or all the aches and pains and continue to play for a long, long time.

Imagination is not something apart and hermetic, not a way of leaving reality behind; it is a way of engaging reality.

Nowhere is wisdom more necessary than in the guidance of charitable impulses. Meaning well is only half our duty; Thinking right is the other, and equally important, half.

Photography must be integrated with the story.

The rebels did more in one night than my whole army would have done in one month.

Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer.

If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.

The language of the face is not taught by the schools; it is intuitive, and to the observant is always legible.

While we want to enjoy what we don’t have, don’t forget to enjoy the incredible beauty of what we do have.

I come from a military family.

Much that passes for education is not education at all but ritual. The fact is that we are being educated when we know it least.

I'm too short to host a late-night talk show. It's like the bar at an amusement-park ride. You have to be six foot two or over.

My only regret is that I signed away the world rights and in America they've been far and away my most successful books, but I never saw a cent from any of it.

Sometimes when I'm not feeling so happy, I do something to make someone else happy then I find I'm suddenly feeling happy again.

The things people really want are love, connection, and purpose.

A common denominator among big guys like me who are trying to take care of our health is that we're not getting enough sleep.

Those who attempts to explain a picture are on the wrong track most of the time.

There are so many rules about play writing. I'd have a nervous breakdown if I followed them.