We should trust people to be exactly what they have proven themselves to be, no more and no less.

I forgive him and like water draining from the sand after a wave, the power he held over me disappears. A slow smile rises on my face.

I remember in treatment, Mr. Shaw told me that the alcohol and drugs never were my problem. He said the alcohol and drugs were my solution and that was my problem. And he was right.

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

What the war did to dreamers.

Life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forwards.

Society mends its wounds. And that's invariably true in all the tragedies, in the comedies as well. And certainly in the histories.

What am I supposed to say to an atheist when he sneezes, ah, when you die nothing happens.

Here's the thing about earnestness. Our culture discounts it; but people are yearning for it.

If our love for each other really is participatory, then all other human relationships nourish it; it is inclusive, never exclusive.

We remain where we are. Remaining where we are, we go anywhere we want. We go wherever we go.

Having the presence of mind to react to any situation onstage is what makes the best performers keep their spontaneity intact.

Writing does not cause misery. It is born of misery.