Some people think they are worth a lot of money just because they have it.

I'm not happy when I'm writing, but I'm more unhappy when I'm not.

A woman has to be twice as good as a man to go half as far.

Art transcends war. Art is the language of God and war is the barking of men. Beethoven is bigger than war.

Family. A snug kind of word.

The vast army of women seeking divorce are mainly after easy alimony from men they have ceased to love - surely one of the most despicable forms of barter that can exchange human hands.

Nervous hands as if the fingers were dripping from them like icicles.

I would rather regret what I have done than what I have not.

It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.

writing is the loneliest job in the world. There's always that frustrating chasm to bridge between the concept and the writing of it. We're a harassed tribe, we writers.

Few enjoy noisy overcrowded functions. But they are a gesture of goodwill on the part of host or hostess, and also on the part of guests who submit to them.

The world of most men is given to them by their culture..

A true master is an eternal student

Our memories are independent of our wills. It is not so easy to forget.

We are an American family and we rise and fall together as one nation.

It wasn't that I didn't trust Mark's flying, it was just that, okay, I didn't trust Mark's flying.

And his hands would plait the priest's entrails, For want of a rope, to strangle kings.

It's surprising how often history is decided by something as trival as bad shellfish.

I only read what I am hungry for at the moment when I have an appetite for it, and then I do not read, I eat.

I have the possibility to watch Messi in training each morning, and because of what he demonstrates he is the best player in the world

You can start a documentary with just a camera, as opposed to a fiction film where you need actors, a crew, a script, a lot more start-up resources. It may be self-perpetuating.