The nice thing about really intelligent people is that when you talk with them they make you feel intelligent too.

The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.

It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.

By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea.

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.

I feel we are all islands - in a common sea.

A simple enough pleasure, surely, to have breakfast alone with one's husband, but how seldom married people in the midst of life achieve it.

My passport photo is one of the most remarkable photographs I have ever seen- no retouching, no shadows, no flattery-just stark me.

When I cannot write a poem, I bake biscuits and feel just as pleased.

Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all.

Self-doubt and Depression are the real killers. The other are just pawns.

Your view on the world is validated and verified daily. How is your view on the world working for you?

Some jokes are stupid and useless, if you can't get it. It's to stupid to go in it, but whatever!- Make your choice!

No one but an adventurous traveler can know the luxury of sleep.

What is light without dark? Right without left? What is goodness without the option to be evil?

Things said to a reporter in confidence should be kept in confidence.

My advice to graduates is to stay positive. Life is short, and you'll be dead soon.

The first thing you find out when yer dog learns to talk is that dogs don't got nothing much to say. About anything. "Need a poo, Todd." "Shutup, Manchee." "Poo. Poo, Todd." "I said shut it."

(Because being assaulted with maxi pads is a great way to win friends and influence people.)

And there comes a time in your life when you realize that if you don't take the opportunity to be happy, you may never get another chance again.