There are so many good authors; there's no shortage of them.

I didn't like mundane life.

Always keep your smile. That's how I explain my long life.

I never wear mascara; I laugh until I cry too often.

I see badly, I hear badly, and I feel bad, but everything's fine.

Always keep a smile. I attribute my long life to that. I believe I will die laughing. That's part of my program.

I had to wait 110 years to become famous. I wanted to enjoy it as long as possible.

If you can’t do anything about it, don’t worry about it.

I only have one wrinkle and I'm sitting on it.

I think I will die laughing.

Wit doesn't make girls pretty.

The strength of Shevek's personality, unchecked by any self-consciousness or consideration of self-defense, was formidable.

We cannot put off living until we are ready.

Our loss put six feet under ground Is measured by the magnolia's root; Our gain's the intellectual sound Of death's feet round a weedy tomb.

The isolation of every human soul and the necessity of self- dependence must give each individual the right to choose his own surroundings.

Man lives in a world of meaning.

For all things turn to barenness In the dim glass the demons hold The glass of outer weariness Made when God slept in times of old

The popular scientific books by our scientists aren't the outcome of hard work, but are written when they are resting on their laurels.

The Parent Trap gave my career another boost, starring in family comedies.

The greatest challenge facing mankind is the challenge of distinguishing reality from fantasy, truth from propaganda.

I heard the other day of a man who paid a psychologist $50 to cure him of an inferiority complex - and later was fined $25 and costs for talking back to a traffic cop.