Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.

Of course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker, and I appreciate an intelligent audience.

The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.

The only dependable law of life - everything is always worse than you thought it was going to be.

Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.

I like to have a martini/Two at the very most/After three I'm under the table/After four I'm under my host.

Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician.

Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.

If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to.

Never throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty.

Years are only garments, and you either wear them with style all your life, or else you go dowdy to the grave.

Teaching writing over the years intrudes on your own writing in important ways, taking away some of the excitement of poetry.

I love him whose soul is deep even in the wounding

Extend the sphere and you take in a greater variety of parties and interests; you make it less probable that a majority of the whole will have common motive to invade the rights of other citizens.

Being onstage is everything thats good about life.

There is no action so slight or so mean but it may be done to a great purpose, and ennobled thereby.

Always have a pink Oxford shint ready for days when you're feeling run down.

My dad worked - f - k if I know - seven jobs? He painted a house. He would deliver toilets. He drove a cab, delivered pizzas. Whatever he could do, he did.

Western culture is what is at risk from immigration from the Middle East.

Sometimes it only takes three words, so long as they're the right words, to direct an actor in the right way.

Yes, to be a good parent, you have to sacrifice, but this is not a requirement of parenting, it is a requirement of being good at something.