Pasteboard pies and paper flowers are being banished from the stage by the growth of that power of accurate observation which is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it....

I trust and rely on God.

When I am away, I am with it. When I am with it, I am away.

The insolence of office.

An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.

Find your place and hold it: find your work and do it. And put everything you've got into it.

I'm pretty rubbish, as we say in Britain, artwise, and I always envy people who can pick up something and even do just a little doodle of someone that looks vaguely like them. It's impressive.

It requires more than mere genius to be an author.

It can take a long time for some people to find out how to ground themselves, and film sets are an odd atmosphere to do it in - especially if, like me, you finished school early.

And we have the most scrutinized election system in the United States, and we have met every test.

Usage is the best language teacher.