Once upon a time there was what there was, and if nothing had happened there would be nothing to tell.

I hate the thought of her being forced into a box that doesn't fit her. Of having her wings cut off, her sight blinded, her hearing muted, her voice stilled.

His thoughts inhabit a different plane from those of ordinary men

The world is like a board with holes in it, and the square men have got into the round holes, and the round into the square.

It is sometimes essential for a husband and a wife to quarrel - they get to know each other better.

Pessimism: A valuable protection against quackery.

If you do what you enjoy doing you'll never have to work hard.

There is always an audience for different individuals, but critics sometimes stop the audience finding the show and the show finding the audience.

If you pray hard enough, water will run uphill. How hard? Why, hard enough to make water run uphill, of course!

Of course, not all desires lead to happiness. Desires can and do lead to pain and frustration.

No one will ever know what 'In Cold Blood' took out of me. It scraped me right down to the marrow of my bones. It nearly killed me. I think, in a way, it did kill me.

Humility is also a healing virtue; it will cicatrize a thousand wounds, which pride would keep forever open.