To the biographer all lives bar none are dramatic constructions.

People seem to think that life began with the achievement of personal independence.

The lovers of romance can go elsewhere for satisfaction but where can the lovers of truth turn if not to history?

Principles are a dangerous form of social dynamite.

Catherine the Great, like others of her kind, did not succeed in imparting greatness to her descendants.

Persons who are born too soon or born too late seldom achieve the eminence of those who are born at the right time.

Few persons can relate the story of their childhood without idealizing, or distorting, or overdramatizing the facts.

May the scribes record it.

The world is proof that God is a committee.

I believe you can frighten people without showing their heads caved-in.

In football you have an adversary; in cinema that adversary is yourself.

As I've gotten older I look like a man, finally.

For the night is dark and full of terrors.

The best thing about the world is that it has a mysterious structure and the worst thing is that it has a grievous structure.

If I want to wear a long flowing dress, someone will say I'm pregnant.

I went to the Home Depot, which was unnecessary. I need to go to the Apartment Depot. Which is just a big warehouse with a whole lot of people standing around saying "We don't have to fix anything."

I had a psychotic break that was brought on by alcohol and drug abuse.