I was hooked on writing. I mean, where else can you get paid for sticking your nose into somebody else's business?

I wondered if a blessing is still a blessing if it lasts for only a little while.

Keep in mind that life produces no maestros, only students of varying shades of ineptitude.

What is genius, anyway, if it isn't the ability to give an adequate response to a great challenge?

The world is not a rational place.

Even if you forget everything else I want you to always remember that you are a person of value, and you have a friend who loved you enough to give you his most valued possession.

Look inside yourself and you'll find a world of things (a world of your own experiences)worth writing about.

When people's emotions are involved they don't want to listen.

It seems to me that a man who is incapable of humor is capable of cruelty.

Fun, like champagne bubbles, can't completely fill you up.

Longevity can't be the only test of love.

If you have a deep desire to move forward, a way is being prepared for you.

There is no shame in being illiterate. One need only feel ashamed when one denies the opportunity to learn.

Actually, New York is great for playing around. I made a lot of studies for New York-a big vacuum cleaner lying on the Battery in Manhattan.

It's not that I lack ambition. I am ambitious in the sense that I want to be more than I am now. But if I were truly ambitious, I think I'd already be more than I am now.

I'm very slow, and I do everything myself. I remember I spent three days to change the size of something I had sketched because I felt it was too small.

Being a lazy parent and letting your kid watch stuff that's not appropriate for their age is one of the bigger mistakes you can make.

My faith is very personal. It's not something that I want to project on other people.

Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.

A foolish man tells a woman to stop talking, but a wise man tells her that her mouth is extremely beautiful when her lips are closed.

Fellini belongs to nature.