The more gifted and talkative one's characters are, the greater the chances of their resembling the author in tone or tint of mind.

Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.

And the rest is rust and stardust.

Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.

Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars.

Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.

The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.

I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.

Loneliness as a situation can be corrected, but as a state of mind it is an incurable illness.

There are three key questions that must/should guide you in life

Turbulence means nothing if God is the pilot.

If you want things to stay as they are things will have to change.

I always think the most romantic books or films are the ones where the romance doesn't happen, because it makes your heart ache so much watching it.

At least we're getting the kind of experience we need for the next war.

Jews talk a lot about God. But actually their god, just like Marx said, is money. Cash!

President Obama was in India yesterday visiting our jobs. Tomorrow he goes to China to visit our money.

I've been fortunate - I haven't had too many auditions. I slept with the right people.

One of the problems with defending free speech is you often have to defend people that you find to be outrageous and unpleasant and disgusting.

We do not have, nor have had, and never will have an opinion about where the stock market, interest rates, or business activity will be a year from now.