The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly.

Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.

I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.

Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.

You can make a sordid thing sound like a brilliant drawing-room comedy. Probably a fear we have of facing up to the real issues. Could you say we were guilty of Noel Cowardice?

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning.

The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character.

The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

A hundred years ago Hester Prynne of The Scarlet Letter was given an A for adultery; today she would rate no better than a C-plus.

I think maybe Hell is a place. But you don't have to stay anywhere forever.

Don't turn over rocks if you don't want to see the pale creatures who live under them.

The parents exist to teach the child but also they must learn what the child has to teach them and the child has a very great deal to teach them.

You can just drift unhappily towards this vision of heaven on earth, and ultimately that is what architecture is a vision of: Heaven on earth, at it's best.

We have such a long, familiar history with Peter Falk. The minute his mug is on that screen people smile.

I'd rather have a part where you walk into a room and you leave. That's perfect for me.

Ya'll know what you need to do? Get together, make a We Are The World record.

I think the disarmament of Iraq is inevitable.

Disneyland is supposed to be the happiest place on Earth and I have to say when I'm riding around in that crazy Space Mountain ride I'm happy.

I think if you look back at all those great comedies on television in the past, it's all lovable losers that gathered together - 'Taxi' and 'Cheers,' 'Seinfeld' and 'Friends.'