Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.

The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.

My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder why feminism had become a dirty word.

Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.

The best part of life is when you are 'YOU' without any mental or psychological make-up.

Those who feel themselves despised do well to look despising.

Different cultures have different audiences.

Truly, one gets easier accustomed to a silken bed than to a sack of leaves.

What's interesting about a person without problems?

We shouldn't deny the pain of what happens in our lives. We should just refuse to focus only on the valleys.

I am blessed beyond belief.

I raise my stein to the builder who can remove ghettos without removing people as I hail the chef who can make omelets without breaking eggs.

It's amazing to see places like Madison Square Garden on the schedule again.

And many a poor man that has roved Loved and thought himself beloved From a glad kindness cannot take his eyes.