That was the problem with getting used to people - you had to miss them when they were gone.

Don’t wait for the perfect moment. Take the moment and make it perfect!

Marriage is the most expensive ticket to nowhere

Beginnings are so important. Just finding that right moment to introduce this character, this world, it’s everything.

Every time you answer the phone, someone is crying, someone is raging, someone is begging you to solve their problems.

But the places we come from don't leave us as easily as we leave them.

What do you know about being sad?' 'I know you don't need a reason.

Marriage, " she said quietly, "is the most expensive ticket to nowhere

At home, Tommy tried to avoid looking too long at himself in the mirror, for his reflection stirred in him a feeling of great loneliness and a fear that this loneliness might be permanent.

And in that foggy place between sleep and waking, he could have been anyone. That was what she liked most about him: In the darkness, he became whomever she wanted.

You live like comfortable strangers. Like characters in a play.

Sometimes to love people, I must completely avoid them. Sometimes, to be strong, I must completely fall apart. Sometimes, to create, I must completely destroy.

Your first thought is what you've been conditioned to think

I do not want the peace which pass-eth understanding I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

I come from a small town in Maryland. I came to California in 1972 to begin Maude.

Documentaries have always inspired me in narrative filmmaking.

I have been crying," she replied, simply, "and it has done me good. It helps a woman you know, just as swearing helps a man

Guys are stimulated easily. They are easy to manipulate. All you have to do is wear a sexy outfit.

I live on hairspray. The bigger the hair, the closer to God.

Beauty and elegance are a right, not a surplus... . We must demand, at least, intention.

The wise never marry, and when they marry they become otherwise.