Always, beneath every apparent chaos, order waits to be revealed.

The functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.

The whisper of the dusk is night shedding its husk.

Where there is cake, there is hope. And there is always cake.

Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.

Nothing is worse than being alone on the evening of the day when one's cow has exploded.

Only once in a generation does anything as fresh as a vomiting detective come along.

The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every time piece with a digital readout blinks us towards implosion.

Most people tend to think the best of those who are blessed with beauty; we have difficulty imagining that physical perfection can conceal twisted emotions or a damaged mind.

Any drunk who has tried to put his car where a lamppost stands is a self-educated physicist.

Given my heritage and the ordeal of my childhood, I sometimes wonder why I myself am not insane. Maybe I am.

Ask God for what you desire.

So you, too, like fruitcake? (RW on meeting Lenin in Zurich during World War I.)

Some people are into bondage... and some people are into crossdressing.. . and some people are into Coldplay. It's okay, I don't mind being a fetish.

I started playing jazz by slowing down Tal Farlow records and analyzing his runs

Half the people in Hollywood are dying to be discovered and the other half are afraid they will be.

Seek and Hide: the Lover gazes at the Beloved. The Beloved looks away. The Beloved turns and looks at the Lover. The Lover runs away.

To be a movie star, you have to carry a movie. And to carry a movie where you play the title role is the supreme example.

Alabama citizens, like the vast majority of Americans, respect and value the meaning of decency, and appreciate public institutions that reflect the common values of our society.

There's a fine line between playing with fear and then taking bad plays and playing with no fear.

People think I am America's party girl, which is just stupid. I have done 24 movies and I am creating my own TV show.