It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles.

Give me a girl at an impressionable age and she is mine for life.

I see no reason to keep silent about my enjoyment of the sound of my own voice as I work.

The true novelist is one who understands the work as a continuous poem, is a myth-maker, and the wonder of the art resides in the endless different ways of telling a story.

To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul.

She wasn't a person to whom things happen. She did all the happenings.

Parents learn a lot from their children about coping with life.

If you want to concentrate deeply on some problem, and especially some piece of writing or paper-work, you should acquire a cat . . .

If you're going to do a thing, you should do it thoroughly. If you're going to be a Christian, you may as well be a Catholic.

A rebellion against a tyrant is only immoral when it hasn't got a chance.

Ridicule is the only honorable weapon we have left.

To live without awareness is to live as the deaf, blind, and dumb in a world of vibrant light and sound.

Every bit of pain can be a blessing if we choose to listen to its message.

I love romantic comedy, but I think you have to have another idea that you're chasing along with romantic comedy.

One of my favorite things in watching an actor is feeling, The story is safe in your hands. I can lean back and trust you with this.

I'm a deeply superficial person.

Let's absurdify life, from east to west. Let us play hide-and-seek with our consciousness of living.

You govern your surroundings by the nature of what is taking place in your consciousness.

You can't lead people you don't believe in.

Excuse me you're a hell of a guy You know I really got a thing for American guys

If you use big words, no one will know you aren't doing jack squat.