There is not a respectable system of civilization known to history whose foundations were not laid in the institution of domestic slavery.

What did we go to war for, if not to protect our property?

Clever wives are mostly silent, alert and pay equal attention to limiting the kind and degree of emotions of family which creates and destroy HOMES.

I'm always willing to endure humiliation on behalf of my characters.

Our wardrobe needs to be more versatile, and, above all, it needs to be comfortable.

Perception is NOT reality. People have always said that - perception is reality. I reject that hypothesis.

As a movie-goer, I really like to watch all different kinds of movies and, as an actor, I always feel like I could do pretty much anything but a musical.

The larger and more indiscriminate the audience, the greater the need to safeguard and purify standards of quality and taste.

The advance and perfecting of mathematics are closely joined to the prosperity of the nation.

The inquiry leads us to that source, at once the essence of genius, of virtue, and of life, which we call Spontaneity or Instinct.

I have a skeptical and cranky side, and I'm forever puzzled why people believe the, seeming to me, dumb things that they choose to believe.

It's very hard to articulate the things that are important about writing.