Those fellows, they're always crying over killers. Never a thought for the victims.

Imagination, of course, can open any door - turn the key and let terror walk right in.

But if you live your life without feeling and compassion for your fellowman—you are as an animal—'an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth' & happiness & peace of mind is not attained by living thus.

The walls of the cell fell away, the sky came down, I saw the big yellow bird.

Duntz asked Smith, 'Added up, how much money did you get from the Cutters?' 'Between forty and fifty dollars.

Like the waters of the river, like the motorists on the highway, and like the yellow trains streaking down the Santa Fe tracks, drama, in the shape of exceptional happenings, had never stopped there.

...he called after her as shedisappeared down the path, a pretty girl in a hurry...

A little imagination goes a long way in Fes.

When you want something done, you ask a man. When you want it done quietly and without any fuss, you ask a woman.

It was everything I hoped it would be. I want you to know I would have waited another sixteen years to be able to feel that with you again.

It's no such thing! she said. It's friendship! And if you're a man who can't tell friendship from charity, then you're to be pitied!

Fear looks like wisdom to those without risk.

I love Santa Monica and Venice because I like the beach. I have a lot of friends in that area.

From the time I was twelve I was dancing for bread and butter, but in my heart I was always an actress.

Hypocrisy is the necessary burden of villainy.

Look at me, dancing my little dance for a few moments against the background of eternity.

The older I get, the more I see the power of that young woman, my mother.