The audience is a very curious animal. It is shrewd rather than intelligent. Its mental capacity is less than that of its most intellectual members.

Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.

The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.

The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.

It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

When so many positive ambitious minds come together to work as one, some magical things always happen.

The famous carry about with them a great weight of patriarchal baggage-the footnotes of their lives.

There is joy in work.

I can say whatever I want. So do not bring the kids. It's definitely rated R.

Failure is often that early morning hour of darkness which precedes the dawning of the day of success.

I love vintage and I shop vintage a lot because it's just such great value for money.

I found that in a perverse way our culture and parents are far more comfortable talking about girls' vicitimization than girls' sexual agency.

I will always play "Stand Back" anyway. And Prince will always he standing behind me every time I do.

People who are very beautiful make their own laws.

Accursed who brings to light of day the writings I have cast away.