A mystery of the universe is how it has managed to survive with so much volunteer help.

Don’t be a victim of circumstances. Choose victory by gracious endurance.

There is a brilliant novel in all of us. Some imagine it…others live it. Authors dwell in an auspicious life by having the ability to fuse the two.

What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.

A good compromise leaves everyone angry.

It's important to underscore this overriding fact: women are not just victims of conflict-they are agents of peace and agents of change.

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

I'm always happier and a better actor when I can really lose myself in a character and become somebody else.

The ultimate sin of any performer is contempt for the audience.

Life was good to me. I had a great wife, good kids, money, my own health -- and I'm lonely and bored.

I figure no matter how old you are, it's always going to be your first marriage and no life experience is going to make you a better judge of who you should marry.