Only disaster can follow divided counsels and opposing wills.

There can be only one Captain to a ship.

The work to me is everything, and I would throw every rule overboard and send them to the bottom of the sea tomorrow, if I felt there were a more excellent way.

Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is more important than the highest parentage.

I don't care how handsome or fabulous or funny the groom is, or how sweet and accommodating the bride, or vice versa. Marriage is hard.

Don't just climb the ladder, chart a new path.

As long as we are not chased from our words we have nothing to fear. As long as our utterances keep their sound we have a voice. As long as our words keep their sense we have a soul.

I came from a race of fishers; trout streams gurgled about the roots of my family tree.

There are moments when everything goes well, but don't be frightened.

I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.

It's a sin to be rich, but it's a low down shame to be poor.

No one will ever believe that both your hard drive and mine crashed within a week of each other.

I expect the best and with God's help will attain the best.