One shouldn't allow oneself to be intimidated by something that can be picked up and tucked under one's arm.

The question is always the answer, provided you want the answer badly enough.

I simply don't shine in company. Mostly I prefer to retreat with a book.

I always wanted to be a writer but everyone kept telling me it was impossible to break into the field or make money. I've proven them wrong on both counts.

What is merely a hypothesis to anyone else is an overwhelming temptation to a wizard.

God has judged me all my life. But that is God's privilege, my lady. Not yours.

We love people differently at different stages of our knowledge of them. As love changes its hape and its nature, we have to decide what we're going to do about that love on any given day.

As Cinderella would probably tell you, even a prince who only recognizes your footwear is preferable to a lifetime of cleaning grates.

You narrow hope when you define it.

You yourself must know how boring gravity is to oneself and everyone else.

Imagination is what has driven human progress since very early times.

I value individuals and societies. I care about those who are not born yet. That is the reason for my joys and blues.

I swear it looked like she wanted her words to slither around us and go out the door unheard.

The Tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrant. It is its natural manure.

My inspiration comes from my real life experiences.

If I were a medical man, I should prescribe a holiday to any patient who considered his work important.

I assume I can give you a letter from a big law firm saying that we're under audit.

In tennis the addict moves about a hard rectangle and seeks to ambush a fuzzy ball with a modified snow-shoe.

Beauty shouldn't be taken too seriously. Life is stressful enough! Hair should be creative and crazy.

I know so many last words. But I will never know hers.

The only thing worse than suffering an injustice is committing an injustice.