Perhaps the way with any obsession is to ignore it simply. Not to fight it, since it draws strength from any contact with us, whether hostile or friendly.

I have reached the stage now where luxury is not in fine possessions but in carefree possessions, and the greatest luxury of all would be the completely expendable.

Most of us are experts at solving other people's problems, but we generally solve them in terms of our own and the advice we give is seldom for other people but for ourselves.

Enthusiasm is a plant which grows variously in the varying soils of different natures.

leisure is an attitude of mind, not simply remission of work.

If you would be happy all your life, plant a garden.

A garden is one of the few expressions of man's nature that is altogether benign.

It is always one of the tragedies of any relationship, even between people sensitive to each other's moods, that the moments of emotion so rarely coincide.

children are not undeveloped versions of adult people: they are a different race of beings: they are children.

The sorrows we imagine are more profound and inconsolable than real life leaves us time for.

The sorrows of children are profound and unsuspected.

Truthful hyperbole’ is a contradiction in terms. It’s a way of saying, ‘It’s a lie, but who cares?’

Managing relationships (with start ups) is more like teaching.

I daresay something will happen, between now and ’91, to make your fortunes look up.

If you are not willing to give a less experienced qualified professional a chance, don't complain you are charged double for a job worth half.

Ill put my progressive credentials up against anyones.

I don't know what my fans are going to think. It's definitely not what they're used to from me.

I wanted to write for Broadway.

You may bring a horse to the river, but he will drinke when and what he pleaseth.

I would be able to defend my actions, no matter what [evidence] they had on me.

If I wasn't an actor and I watched my films, I could easily be like 'This guy's a clown,' you know?