A novel which has been too much worked over often goes flat, and no amount of laborious revision can take the place of careful planning beforehand.

I am old enough to see how little I have done in so much time, and how much I have to do in so little.

The majority of human beings do not turn to God because they have not enough happiness but because happiness is not enough.

Spring was coming back with the old promise, demanding the old sacrifice.

The great question of all choosers and adventurers is 'Was it worth while?' - and whatever else you may expect of life, don't expect an answer to that.

Pictures of my life stretch back into what must have been my very earliest childhood. ... They are not movies, then, nor are they talkies, but they are quite distinctly feelies.

Life justified itself. It might be cruel, treacherous, ironic, but it was life, and pain was as much a part of it as joy.

It was one of the late Conservative Government's gestures towards agriculture -- graceful as a kiss, and of about as much use.

Har' icyumba satani atemerewe kujyamo n'umutima wawe kereste wowe umwemereye

A heart is a bird which can only hear the song of kindness and love.

Had she stabbed me with a knife, she could not have hurt me more.

I was like a turd that drew flies instead of like a flower that butterflies and bees desired. I wanted to live alone, I felt best being alone, cleaner, , ,

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

I'd rather get to the 70-year-old guy who's got plenty of cash.

America is stronger than any state probably since the Roman Empire. But we can't do what used to be done with that kind of strength.

People get married when they're 18 and spend their whole lives together. I think their greatest fear is that someone will see it as a fling because they were young and it didn't mean anything.

When I'm working on a film, I think about how it will play with a tiny audience of friends whose opinions I respect, basically a 40-bloc radius from my apartment in Manhattan.

It was five, but it could have been six, seven or eight goals, in my opinion.