Six wives the King's had now.' Barak's words dragged me from my reverie. 'We can't even get one between us.

We of alien looks or words must stick together.

A writer lives, at best, in a state of astonishment. Beneath any feeling he has of the good or evil of the world lies a deeper one of wonder at it all.

Like all lawyers, I was delighted by gratitude. It happened so rarely.

In worshipping their nationhood men worship themselves and scorn others, and that is no healthy thing.

Truly, as the ancients taught us, there is nothing under the moon, however fine, that is not subject to corruption.

London is a bad habit one hates to lose.

But if we never acted except when we were certain our motives were pure, we would never act at all.

If I knocked and waited at every door, who knows what I might miss?

It seems a universal rule in this world that people will always look for victims and scapegoats, does it not? Especially at times of difficulty and tension.

A Status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.

So-called "inspiration" is no more than an extreme example of a process which constantly goes on in the minds of all of us.

There is no problem that is not actually a gift.

Fairytales are stories that span every generation and they've been around for a long time.

Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion. [Fr., C'est un betail servile et sot a mon avis Que les imitateurs.]

Why should anybody who doesn't like Donald Trump think, oh, well, I should think he is legitimate now?

You think about acting kind of as an iceberg where you've got that 5% that you see... but in order to have that 5%... you have to have another 95%.

I like surprises. I like mystery. I’m not the kind of person who goes to the writer’s room and goes, I need to know the whole story so I can prepare. No, don’t tell me anything!

You have to get up every morning and tell yourself 'I can do this.'

Release the joy that is inside of another, and you release the joy that is inside of you.