There are moments when you feel trapped, ill at ease. A year later the same feeling can turn out to be the theme of a book.

Jazz music is an intensified feeling of nonchalance.

It seems to me that there are two kinds of trickery: the "fronts" people assume before one another's eyes, and the "front" a writer puts on the face of reality.

To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.

There is a certain age when a woman must be beautiful to be loved, and then there comes a time when she must be loved to be beautiful.

I have loved to the point of madness; That which is called madness, That which to me, Is the only sensible way to love.

A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to take it off of you.

One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter.

Art must take reality by surprise.

For what are we looking for if not to please? I do not know if the desire to attract others comes from a superabundance of vitality, possessiveness, or the hidden, unspoken need to be reassured.

I always believe things are going to work out.

I now, weak, old, diseased, poor, dying, hold still my soul in my hands, and I regret nothing.

Gentlemen respect the rights of others. They are honorable men.

The best indicator of a Chess Player's form is his ability to sense the Climax of the game.

I just count myself really lucky to have a career that I love and that continues to pay my rent.

we dig our graves with our teeth.

What bothered me most was their lack of style. I learned early that class is universally admired. Almost any fault, sin or crime is considered more leniently if there's a touch of class involved.

Duke is an ugly word in Kentucky. Nothing in the world compares to the joy of beating those hateful swine from Duke.

I'm a sucker for giving people money on the street. I don't know if it's a good or a bad thing, but I can't help myself.

It is a fact that not once in all my life have I gone out for a walk. I have been taken out for walks; but that is another matter.

Never mind, never mind, let's get to the part where we smite the unrighteous. I've brought my most alarming teeth!