No woman marries for money; they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to fall in love with him first.

We do not remember days, we remember moments.

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.

Remember, writing poetry is like making love: one will never know whether one's own pleasure is shared.

We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only by living though it.

Lessons are not given, they are taken.

The only joy in the world is to begin. It is good to be alive because living is beginning, always, every moment.

The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies. The fearful thing about it is that, not knowing what truth may be, we can still recognize lies.

We never remember days, only moments.

Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.

Our ability to connect with others is innate, wired into our nervous systems, and we need connection as much as we need physical nourishment.

Insurrection. An unsuccessful revolution; disaffection's failure to substitute misrule for bad government.

For most of my life, I have eaten to deal with stress.

An insurance company might say, "Tell us more about yourself so your premiums can go down." When they say that, they're addressing the winners, not the losers.

I'm not actually a very keen performer. I like putting shows together. I like putting events together.

Writing for me is a kind of compulsion, so I don't think anyone could have made me do it, or prevented me from doing it.

I'm an American playwright. Tennessee Williams got in all our DNA.

This is for all of you out there tonight, reaching for a dream - don't ever give up! Never ever listen to anyone, when they try to discourage you, because they do that, believe me!

The young have stolen our youthfulness, and flaunt it without shame.

With me, as a town clerk or city manager, there are certain things that I'm supposed to do - if I don't do them, then I don't deserve to continue in this post.