We may be the protagonists of tragedy, but we are also the heroes of our most beautiful and thrilling experiences.

If you only do what you like, who's going to do what you don't like?

Life is sometimes amazingly fragile, but some lives are frighteningly strong.

Either a mother and daughter know each other very well or they are strangers.

How can you live without trusting people? There are more people who are good than people who are bad!

How far back does one's memory of someone go?

I had no way of knowing where it began or where it ended. Only that it flowed without restraint.

Your ability to shape your destiny is directly proportional to your belief that it is a matter of will and determination--however much or little that belief may be.

Carry me like change in your pocket and spend me as you wish.

You darling is my semicolon.

His insomnia was so bad, he couldn't sleep during office hours.

NASA sends probe to Uranus, people everywhere giggle.

You should never write your own resume, personal ad, or obituary. In all three cases it is better to show your humility by letting someone else lie for you.

I've won several Emmys, a Tony and a Grammy so maybe somebody will let me have an Oscar, and then I'll have a full set.

Nerves, stress and the pressure to perform are a part of life. You don't have to conquer these feelings; just learn to live with them.

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains.

Filling life exceedingly is called ominous.