What's the point of prolonging your life if you don't enjoy it? It's your body. Do whatever you want with it. Better to wear out than rust over.

About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.

Normal is the average of deviance.

You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.

One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.

Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough.

I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.

While the angels, all pallid and wan, Uprising, unveiling, affirm That the play is the tragedy, "Man", And its hero the Conqueror Worm.

When I got [my] library card, that was when my life began.

Silence is the invisibility of talking. I'd take half an argument over half a silence any day. And I'd take peace and quiet over a full-blown argument any other day, unless it's Tuesday.

The hated have no reason to love.

Man's real life is happy chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.

The artist is not responsible to any one. His social role is asocial... his only responsibility consists in an attitude to the work he does.

Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality.

I like a woman with priorities.

Nobility is often no more than the inner aspect which our egotistical feelings assume when we have not yet named and classified them.

People respect you because they feel you've survived hard times and endured, and although you've become famous, you haven't become phony.

When becoming a character, you have to steal. Steal whatever you see. You can even steal from other actors' characterizations; but if you do, only steal from the best.

I was a kid, and I remember my mother singing. She was also a radio soap opera actress, but my mother sang.