The little mutton-chopped man interrupted them to point out that in his opinion good was not the avoidance of evil, but something more positive than that: it was making the world a better place.

Life imitates art, but clumsily, copying its movements when it thinks it isn't looking.

She's as old as the hills, evil as a snake, all malevolence and magic and death.

Poems ancient and modern prowled the ice floes in bear form, filled with words that could wound with their beauty.

I will not be my father's dog.

The lovelorn came, too. The alone. The lunatics-they were brought here, sometimes. Got their name from the moon, it was only fair the moon had a chance to fix things.

Talking is good. It's good to disturb the silence.

You have to make a choice when you start to sing and decide whether you want to service the music, and be at the top of your art, or if you want to be a very popular tenor.

There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken seriously.

I surround myself with inspirational quotations.

The two most important tools an architect has are the eraser in the drawing room and the sledge hammer on the construction site.

Broadway isn't a very big career move. There's no money in it and it doesn't mean anything to your career. It's just a nice little jewel in the crown.

Years ago the public used to hound me but now I can go shopping in peace

What you get to choose today is who you are and what you wish to experience in your life. Remember, not to decide is to decide.

Safety is really a concern of mine, and what I've been telling people recently is that until there's animal and human data on a drug it should probably be looked at very carefully.

Ambition hath but two steps: the lowest, blood; the highest, envy.