My novels point out that the world consists entirely of exceptions.

A man of eighty has outlived probably three new schools of painting two of architecture and poetry and a hundred in dress.

Love doesn't grow on the trees like apples in Eden - it's something you have to make and you must use your imagination to make it too just like anything else. It's all work work.

We’ve all got weaknesses. Me, for instance. I’m tragically funny and good-looking.

You should want to act only because you want to be led to something bigger in life.

The trouble with insanity is it can flare up at the most inconvenient moments.

The superior man is anxious lest he should not get the truth; he is not anxious lest poverty should come upon him.

People say New Yorkers can't get along. Not true. I saw two New Yorkers, complete strangers, sharing a cab. One guy took the tires and the radio; the other guy took the engine.

why human beings despise what is beautiful and good, and seek to destroy the things they need the most

Superiority to circumstances is one of the most prominent characteristics of great men.

I have been proposed to four times. Twice at the beginning of a relationship and twice at the end of a relationship. I've never said no. I just didn't give an answer!

When we are dealing with human beings, no truth has reality by itself; it is always dependent upon the reality of the immediate relationship.

To teach in order to lead others to faith is the task of every preacher and of each believer.