Speaking the truth is for losers and egomaniacs.

Whenever you should doubt your self-worth, remember the lotus flower. Even though it plunges to life from beneath the mud, it does not allow the dirt that surrounds it to affect its growth or beauty.

Why is it men think you have to accept an apology, just because one is offered?

There is not a fiercer hell than the failure in a great object.

The writer's life seethes within but not without.

The [film] business is run by men, and they're basically interested in their own species, and they're not so interested in women belonging to the human race.

Between 1861 and 1865, Americans made war on each other and killed each other in great numbers - if only to become the kind of country that could no longer conceive of how that was possible.

I'm afraid I've degenerated into a bibliophile.

I have been informed repeatedly that in lieu of records, I would be expected to testify about my service in the White House to demonstrate my experience and judicial philosophy.

Hearing from fans is the best feeling in the world.

God is without birth and death and is an eternal witness; you must strive hard to earn the love of God.