You're shocked, Mr. Burton, at hearing what our gossiping little town thinks. I can tell you this - they always think the worst!

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble.

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story.

Very few of us are what we seem.

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.

Nobody knows what another person is thinking. They may imagine they do, but they are nearly always wrong.

Fear is incomplete knowledge.

Books are a habit-forming drug.

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

I created an icicle sculpture in the snow. White on white.

There were days I could run far, far away, never to see any of these people again.

I was quite pleased that Prince Philip didn't say anything like, I hate queers! He was quite well behaved.

When life kicks you in the teeth and knocks you down to the ground. Are you able to stand up and keep fighting?! That’s what it’s all about.

We need more money for schools. We need more money for the kids. Ever think maybe the damn kids aren't worth it?

Ridicule more often settles things more thoroughly and better than acrimony.

There's nothin' in life that's worth doin', if it cain't be done from a horse.

God turned out to be a bunch of bad little kids playing interstellar Xbox. Isn't that funny?

To be perfectly honest, it isn't fair that people have used my personality, and the sacrifices I make because I want to, as an indication that I want to be in a political office.

Punk rock has become another viable art form. It always was. But now it's like everyone's doing it.