Life matters more than any painting, novel, film, or great big diamond.

About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.

Normal is the average of deviance.

You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.

One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.

Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough.

I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.

While the angels, all pallid and wan, Uprising, unveiling, affirm That the play is the tragedy, "Man", And its hero the Conqueror Worm.

When I got [my] library card, that was when my life began.

A bird must rely on its own wings if it is to conquer the sky.

Freedom is not the right to do what we want, but what we ought

I went to a psychoanalyst. He explained things about my love life that I found very impressive... almost scary.

I wish you the best that can be hoped for, and no worse than can be expected.

By the age of forty, a man is responsible for his face. And his fate.

Assassination on the scaffold is the worst form of assassination.

Spring is the shortest season.

The eidolons started pounding on the door. 'Who is it?' Leo called. 'Valdez!' 'Valdez who?

To strive for something better - at least there's a chance.

The problem of insufficient security was, until quite recently, a matter of a minority; now it is becoming very quickly a majority matter. That is a major change.