My favourite poem is the one that starts 'Thirty days hath September' because it actually tells you something.

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them...well I have others.

If you find it hard to laugh at yourself, I would be happy to do it for you.

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.

A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.

Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.

Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.

[He] may talk like an idiot, and look like an idiot, but don't let that fool you: he really is an idiot.

I do have an occasional temper - I sort of inherited my dad's short fuse.

We fear death so profoundly, not because it means the end of our body, but because it means the end of our consciousness - better to be a spirit in Heaven than a zombie on Earth.

Almost every scene, I re-think as Im about to start drawing it, and at least half of the time Im changing dialogue or whatever, or adding scenes or different things.

Women ought to be free - as free as we are,' he declared, making a discovery of which he was too irritated to measure the terrific consequences.

Quiet is the element of discerning what is essential.

We do ourselves and others a disservice when we make old age something to be feared...The longer we live, the more life we possess.

What do you say when someone has truly inspired you? How do you express to an artist how deeply their work has affected you?

I'm really tired of virtue.

Running well is a matter of having the patience to persevere when we are tired and not expecting instant results.

I want to live as long as possible, just to see how stupid it gets.