A cynic had defined aid as simply the system by which poor white people in rich countries gave money to rich black people in poor countries to put into Swiss bank accounts.

It's a strange paradox that a man gifted with too many talents can fritter them all away without developing a single one to its full.

I write my books in my head, and not in a specific study with a view. The view is from my inner eyes.

It's probably true that everyone has a book in them, although it may not be a very good one.

Failure makes success so much sweeter, and allows you to thumb your nose at the crowds.

They do say that socialism is the ideal philosophy-just as long as you have capitalists to pay for it.

I think one of the most poignant things is unrequited love and loneliness.

When I vacate this sack of old bones I won't care what you do with it. Bury or burn it but don't make much fuss.

Litigation only makes lawyers fat.

Sometimes it is best for men not to attempt to interfere with destiny. Our prayers can be answered in ways which we do not expect and do not welcome.

I don't want children. Why should I let some strange little monster into my life to destroy what to me is a perfect set-up?

No revolution is made out of shame. I reply: Shame is already revolution of a kind

We choose to live life to the fullest because it is in our best interest to do so. - Charmainism

Without social networks, you're not the coolest thing on the Christmas list, and you're not getting any bite.

There is no sudden leap into the stratosphere... There is only advancing step by step, slowly and tortuously, up the pyramid toward your goals.

As you travel though life, offer good wishes to each being you meet.

First and foremost I am a teacher, I care. Caring is helping the players to develop

I was very ill at ease with people in social situations, and I realized that if I photographed I wouldn't have to chat.

Don't wait for anything; simply because what you are waiting for may never come!

Just as theater has to be where people live, actors have to go out in the marketplace - not be cut off by a lens. Either an artist grows or he stagnates.

To have acted otherwise ... would have been the betrayal of the interests of the United States.