The person who writes the bank's commercials is not the person who makes the loans.

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

There is a tragic flaw in our precious constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.

I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.

He didn't look like a soldier at all. He looked like a filthy flamingo.

Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae.

Perhaps I am the turtle, able to live simply anywhere, even underwater for short periods, with my home on my back.

About astrology and palmistry: they are good because they make people vivid and full of possibilities. They are communism at its best. Everybody has a birthday and almost everybody has a palm.

We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.

Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.

I miss more loving someone so deeply that I can't imagine a forever without her kisses.

I've been a sports fan forever.

You're a sword not a palm tree

If you're lucky enough to draw a good horse, you still have to ride him, then the next ones. So It's probably 80 percent luck and 20 percent skill.

The first step toward happiness is to determine to be happy.

In Europe art has to a large degree taken the place of religion. In America it seems rather to be science.

I'm never at a loss for new projects.

Things that are very significant and important to you when constructing an identity when you're younger change.

The only way to avoid age discrimination in Hollywood is to die young.

I've always loved musical theater. It's a bit of a family tradition.