Nothing, except the weather report or a general maxim of conduct, is so unsafe to rely upon as a theory of fiction.

All change is not growth as all movement is not forward.

All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.

A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away.

What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.

It is lovely, when I forget all birthdays, including my own, to find that somebody remembers me.

It is human nature to overestimate the thing you've never had.

The worst thing about war is that so many people enjoy it.

The older I grow the more earnestly I feel that the few joys of childhood are the best that life has to give.

I have little faith in the theory that organized killing is the best prelude to peace.

The only difference between a rut and a grave are the dimensions.

When I'm writing, I'm waiting to see somebody, and I'm waiting to hear them. It's almost like conjuring spirits out of the air, using your own imaginative instability.

The people I still talk to are some of the old Galaxy players all over the place. That's a bond that's pretty special.

That's what I stand for, telling people you can be just who you are. It's actually more beautiful.

I hope you feel better today. Please ring me at work if you are dead.

Most people when they have autobiographies, they're not autobiographies, they're biographies written by a ghost writer.

You never get a straight answer from captains. You should know that by now.

I have to be careful of what TV shows I choose, particularly ones that have commercials in them, because it's going to be a different kind of television show.

Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue.

The habeas corpus business, that's to show that he [Bill Clinton] is not tough on crime.

I have learned that one of the most important rules in politics is poise - which means looking like an owl after you have behaved like a jackass.