Solitude was corrupting me.

Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.

And the rest is rust and stardust.

Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.

Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars.

Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.

The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.

I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.

Loneliness as a situation can be corrected, but as a state of mind it is an incurable illness.

Be Generous with your Kindness, Compassion & Forgiveness.

Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.

...the end of the world hasn't granted the clumsiest among us any measure of grace.

The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most worth doing.

Within every brand is a product, but not every product is a brand.

Whose house is of glass, must not throw stones at another.

I never play characters that are like me because I'm a boring person. I wouldn't want to see me in a movie.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas; Soon the bells will start, And the thing that will make them ring Is the carol that you sing Right within your heart.

People say they want freedom, but what they really want is freedom from worry. If I take care of their problems, they don't mind being told what to do.

In the end, life teaches us what is important, and that is family.