I stretched out my hand towards the little bookshelf where I kept cookery and devotional books, the most comfortable bedside reading.

I realised that one might love him secretly with no hope of encouragement, which can be very enjoyable for the young or inexperienced.

We, my dear Mildred, are the observers of life. Let other people get married by all means, the more the merrier. . . . Let Dora marry if she likes. She hasn't your talent for observation.

A life without product is a wasted life

I find that writing is as magical as the genre I write in. When the story comes alive and takes over, it's truly a journey to another world.

Had I known of the actual horrors of the German concentration camps, I could not have made The Great Dictator, I could not have made fun of the homicidal insanity of the Nazis.

You've got to take care of yourself on the path, not just when you cross the goal line, because don't forget, wherever you are, that's the goal line.

We cannot become what we need by remaining what we are.

People have a hard time accepting when someone displays even the slightest amount of discomfort in the spotlight. You're supposed to soak up every bit of fame like it’s sunshine.

I think we should be passionately curious about what we do.

When you grow up on camera and in the public eye, you feel you have to put forth this image. I just took that to the extreme and there was a lot of pressure on me

I think the music business is changing. Artists that don't want to tour and just want to collect royalty checks and stay home are not going to be able to do that.

I agree with you that it is the duty of every good citizen to use all the opportunities, which occur to him, for preserving documents relating to the history of our country.