Mr. Cat and Mr. Dog were neighbors who fought like, well, cats and dogs. That is until Mr. Rat moved in. It's fascinating how easily two enemies ally at the introduction of a third.

Nothing in this world compares to the comfort and security of having someone just hold your hand.

A daily dose of daydreaming heals the heart, soothes the soul, and strengthens the imagination.

One way or another, I think we are all destined to learn the same lessons in life. Universal truths are universal truths. They cannot be changed.

Statistics, likelihoods, and probabilities mean everything to men, nothing to God.

Just pick a goal and stick to it―no big complicated secret.

Life isn't all grand, but it isn't all miserable either.  There's both sweet and sour in every day.  So why focus on the ugly when you can gaze at what's beautiful?  Concentrate on the good.

You will realize one day that all the money in the world cannot buy you happiness. Nor can it make you a person of good character.

What you perceive as a failure today may actually be a crucial step towards the success you seek. Never give up.

No matter how loud the sirens or how numerous the hazard signs, we all touch the flames at least once to prove they're hot.

World peace, true love, and happily-ever-afters amount to wasted wishes, failed endeavors, and most precious dreams.

Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest.

I'm not personally fearful, but I look out, and there are a number of things that concern me, and I'm hopeful that we can overcome them.

What does the future, that half of time, matter to the man who is infatuated with eternity?

As an author, I get paid to break my own heart on a regular basis.

It was a great learning experience to work with James Stewart.

I miss sunrise even more. The green scent of dawn in the forest? The color blushing back into the world, different every day.

I look at my first appointment book from 1965 and I get dizzy. I was constantly in a phone booth calling photographers.

That good sense which nature affords us is preferable to most of the knowledge that we can acquire.

Most comedy comes out of misery.

I was confident about America and the idea that in America people can become American without masking their ethnic identity.