There is no dark, darker than the distorted great light.

The past is important for all the information and wisdom it holds. But you can get lost in it. You've got to learn to keep the knowledge of the past with you as you pursue the present.

History can be rewritten, but at what cost?

You said a curse is only a curse if I allowed myself to me cursed by it. You said... I had it in my power to free myself of any curse - that curses were preludes to blessings...

You have to take the horror seriously but there's gags aplenty. Most people, when they do horror it's just grim.

There is no English surname, however ancient and dignified, that cannot instantly be improved by the prefix ‘Spanker’.

There is no such thing as a completely original technique or subject.

Women basically want the same thing - a good passionate story, a great fantasy - and for our partners to do the laundry and the washing up.

Great changes are easier than small ones.

Generally speaking, the greater a woman's beauty, the greater her modesty.

There are a lot of big spec houses now all across Connecticut, a lot of ostentatious showing of wealth.

Just because you're unemployed doesn't mean you're not doing anything useful. You are, for example, at least keeping your mother-in-law's wit sharp.

Jazz is like a great blues band that fell down the stairs

Seems like people could behave themselves without making a calculation regarding how likely or unlikely they are to kill other people.