The life of an actor can be very enviable.

For me, a play is a form of writing which isn't complete until it is interpreted by actors. But it's still a form of writing. And so most of my time is spent thinking about how to write a sentence.

It's obviously a characteristic of human beings that we like to feel superior to others, but our problem is we are not superior

Who says one instance of writing has anything in common with another instance?

Even with my wife, I find sharing soup is hard.

I have been vain since birth.

Sleep: a poor substitute for caffeine!

I spend most of my time thinking about things like laundry and buying stationery supplies.

I'm not proud to be me, I'm not excited to be me, but I find that I am me, and like most other individuals, I send out little signals; I tell everyone else how everything looks from where I am.

Patriotism is considered to be an emotion a person ought to feel. But why? Why is it nobler to love your own country than to love someone else's?

I was making my living from a joke about my appearance that I didn't understand, and in a way still don't, because when I look in a mirror it doesn't seem funny to me.

Happiness isn't something you experience it's something you remember.

Some people will never be able to get their real self, but that's fine, because their fake self is also part of them.

Novelists should never allow themselves to weary of the study of real life.

Beautiful is greater than Good, for it includes the Good.

Everyone only hears what he understands.

I still feel the impulse to give young writers a hearing, and I believe I have played more unpublished compositions than any other band leader in the country.

All I do is stay in the kitchen and cook. I don't go there to party.

There's a lot of money to be made by taking women seriously, and letting them know you're taking them seriously.

We rarely hear the inward music, but we're all dancing to it nevertheless.

The light of faith makes us see what we believe.