I know I was writing stories when I was five. I don't know what I did before that. Just loafed I suppose.

Why don't you get a haircut? You look like a chrysanthemum.

There is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine.

There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.

It is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine.

I always advise people never to give advice.

The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.

Gussie, a glutton for punishment, stared at himself in the mirror.

It was my Uncle George who discovered that alcohol was a food well in advance of modern medical thought.

As we grow older and realize more clearly the limitations of human happiness, we come to see that the only real and abiding pleasure in life is to give pleasure to other people.

The voice of Love seemed to call to me, but it was a wrong number.

You have to learn when it’s best to delegate those hard physical jobs to others while you tackle the heavy thinking.

Every child knows its mother, Dany thought. When the seas go dry and the mountains blow in the wind like leaves.

I started making plans, thinking we would get that far.

To me, length is an artificial and arbitrary factor in a film.

Part of why I started a band was due to feelings of shyness and social ineptitude. I saw it as some way of being able to interact with people from a safe distance.

What's invisible to us is also crucial for our own well-being.

I think it's a scary thing for a lot of people to think of the government not being involved in their lives, particularly single women.

I love going into the centre of London because people don't give a monkey's about you or who you are. You can be in a restaurant and no one notices you or if they do they won't show it.

If you can't stop thinking about your job, in a positive way that energizes you, then you're probably where you're meant to be.

I'm excited about the opportunity to go back out there with my teammates and get another chance at this thing [a Super Bowl].