Most people sell their souls, and live with a good conscience on the proceeds.

The test of enjoyment is the remembrance which it leaves behind.

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.

When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.

Don't tell friends their social faults; they will cure the fault and never forgive you.

The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.

Eat with the rich, but go to the play with the poor, who are capable of joy.

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.

What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers.

Style is a magic wand, and turns everything to gold that it touches.

When you invest your time, you are investing your life.

Once I started singing, I didn't have to try to be cool. I was just one of the coolest guys around.

If you think you can grasp me, think again: my story flows in more than one direction, a delta springing from the river bed with its five fingers spread.

People don't want to see clothes, they want to see something that fuels the imagination.

I still need the camera because it is the only reason anyone is talking to me.

You can get stale writing with each other for a while.

Nobody has single-handedly done more for the US image than me...

Books don't change people; paragraphs do, Sometimes even sentences.

You know what they say, 'You have to work at wisdom; you have to take pains to be reasonable, but to be foolish, just let yourself go.

One of my mom's best lines is... You're not training to be the best in the world, you're training to be the best in the world on your worst day.