The Southerners are the only cooks in the United States. The real difference between the South and the North is that one enjoys itself getting dyspepsia and the other does not.

Writing was my real life and I was more at home with the people of my imagination than with the best I met in the objective world.

Never trust a woman who will not lie about her age after thirty. She is unwomanly and unhuman and there is no knowing what crimes she will commit.

The final result of too much routine is death in life.

Every leader of a great revolution is a fanatic and a Jesuit.

Success is a great healer.

The human mind has an infinite capacity for self-deception.

All women want to be understood until they understand themselves.

there is only one thing we do know and that is that we do not know anything.

the only revenge worth having is success.

... the irony of life is not that you cannot forget but that you can.

Be a surfer. Watch the ocean. Figure out where the big waves are breaking and adjust accordingly.

We feel free when we escape - even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire.

Don' t focus on NEW - focus on authent ic. Being or iginal isn' t being new - i t 's beingyou.

Millions for defense but not one cent for tribute.

"Come on," I said, taking his hand. Clutching the afghan with the other hand, he trailed down the hall after me, a snow white giant in tiny red underwear.

Anybody who preserves the ability to recognize beauty will never get old.

In the long run, outsourcing is another form of trade that benefits the U.S. economy by giving us cheaper ways to do things.

Don't be put off by people who know what is not possible. Do what needs to be done, and check to see if it was impossible only after you are done.

I do understand people when they say that you destroy the magic of childhood if you encourage too much skeptical questioning.

Comedy is easy. First, people have to fall down. Next, include someone a little hefty. It's a hoot.