Will you marry me? Do you have any money? Answer the second question first.

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them...well I have others.

If you find it hard to laugh at yourself, I would be happy to do it for you.

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.

A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.

Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.

Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.

[He] may talk like an idiot, and look like an idiot, but don't let that fool you: he really is an idiot.

… one can never go back, that one should not ever try to go back – that the essence of life is going forward. Life is really a One Way Street.

Life has its enigmatic events, that can make it a mystery, or my misery. It all depends on how I view it.

The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born; now is the time of monsters

I'm always being inspired .

Are people so unhappy when they love?" "Yes, Christine, when they love and are not sure of being loved.

I started to read my first book at about the age of six. I started to write a book simultaneously. Not to compete, just to augment. And that's how one starts. Or I started.

What I'm really concerned about is reaching one person. And that person may be myself for all I know.

I have the feeling I’ve been— unpleasant.

If I spend a year and a half writing a script, the first year will be outlining in notebooks. It's just the way I work, definitely not necessarily the best way.

Wisdom and eloquence are not always united.