Sir, when you have seen one green field, you have seen all green fields. Let us walk down Cheapside.

Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

Don't separate 'real' life from 'creative' life.

Hatred, revenge, bitterness - these are negative emotions. The person harbouring those emotions suffers more.

I can tell you that God is alive because I talked to him this morning.

Everybody sees me as this sullen and insecure little thing. Those are just the sides of me that I feel it's necessary to show because no one else seems to be showing them.

I am not a painter. I am a poet. / Why? I think I would rather be / a painter, but I am not.

Deep within each one of us lies a garden.

I have a guest house because I don't want people in my home.

When I was in college, I had a friend who was an artist and her theory was that all the best art in the world is funny/sad. That was her favorite genre. Funny/sad are probably my two favorite tones.

It's really fun doing scenes with people when there's no written dialogue because you're really listening to each other, you're playing off each other, because that's all you have as a guide.

No matter how bad you may feel, get up, show up, dress up, and never, ever give up.