Some people get where they hope to in this world. Most of us don't.

The goal is the same: life itself; and the price is the same; life itself.

The mere attempt to examine my own confusion would consume volumes.

You must be in tune with the times and prepared to break with tradition.

The artist's task is not to alter the world as the eye sees it into a world of aesthetic reality, but to perceive the aesthetic reality within the actual reality. (On photographs by Helen Levitt)

Isn’t every human being both a scientist and an artist; and in writing of human experience, isn’t there a good deal to be said for recognizing that fact and for using both methods?

You've got to bear it in mind that nobody that ever lived is specially privileged; the axe can fall at any moment, on any neck, without any warning or any regard for justice.

I'm very anxious not to fall into archaism or 'literary' diction. I want my vocabulary to have a very large range, but the words must be alive.

A mother never realizes that her children are no longer children.

The camera seems to me, next to unassisted and weaponless consciousness, the central instrument of our time.

Just spunk won't be enough; you've got to have gumption.

Understanding comes hard to persons of high rank who are accustomed to phony lifestyles that involve no daily work.

Logan lowers his head close to mine. 'Just know this, Ivy Calhhoun, ' he begins. 'If I werena a ghost I would open all door for you, properly.

Celebrities used to be found in clusters, like oysters - and with much the same defensive mechanisms.

The best thing to do is try and make sure you're getting something at your end. We had stretches where we didn't get that.

The things the writers have me doing on Suburgatory are insane. I think they think it's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.

Oh, I can spot a phoney a mile away.

Pride never sleeps. The principle at least is always awake. An intemperate man is sometimes sober, but a proud man is never humble.

Love-making is an art which must be studied.

I might play a lot of dramatic roles, but I'm really sort of silly.

The most treasured asset in investment management is a steady hand at the tiller.