Only those who have earned leisure know how to use it profitably.

Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can.

Nothing spoils a good party like a genius.

Bores put you in a mental cemetery while you are still walking.

The cocktail party is easily the worst invention since castor oil

Serve the dinner backward, do anything - but for goodness sake, do something weird.

I make enemies deliberately. They are the sauce piquante to my dish of life.

Someone has said that life itself is a party: you join after it's started and you leave before it's finished.

Keep your talent in the dark and you'll never be insulted.

Good manners - the longer I live the more convinced I am of it - are a priceless insurance against failure and loneliness. And anyone can have them.

Under pressure, people admit to murder, setting fire to the village church or robbing a bank, but never to being bores.

It doesn't matter what story we're telling, we're telling the story of family.

A world of confusion and disappointment results from trying to believe without obeying.

I cannot abide stupidity, in myself or in others.

Remember that the smallest seed of faith is of more worth than the largest fruit of happiness.

The place in which I'll fit will not exist until I make it.

I haven't yelled at anybody today. It's been a slow day.

My son youngest son David's favorite song - he plays guitar - and he likes "Devil Pray." That's his favorite.

Long-term investing has gotten so popular, it's easier to admit you're a crack addict than to admit you're a short-term investor.

Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile... a stain upon the silence.

Divorce is hard and painful and complicated, and something you have to grow through.