Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction.

Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.

The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.

The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.

It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

He who writes is the martyr, seen through the eyes of the unassuming doll.

I had a dream about you. I licked your cone of ice cream. It was envelope flavored.

In Japan, I was immensely impressed by the politeness, industrious nature and conscientiousness of the Japanese people.

I could not, as my father's daughter, remain indifferent to all that was going on.

There is only one sky and we must take care of it, for if it becomes sick, everything will come to an end.

I rewrote the ending of 'Farewell to Arms' 39 times before I was satisfied.

If you don't have your game-face on, you're going to go home either to a hospital or to a casket.

I started The McCoys in 1962, so I'm approaching my 40th year in the entertainment business.

I know Okay, Sorry. I am. Look, I'm human. It's hard to be fair sometimes. We don't always feel the right thing, do the right thing

Mo' money, mo' problems.