The only way to make a husband over according to one's ideas ... would be to adopt him at an early age, say four.

The world doesn't come to the clever folks, it comes to the stubborn, obstinate, one-idea-at-a-time people.

Peace is not a passive but an active condition, not a negation but an affirmation.

People that trust themselves a dozen miles from the city, in strange houses, with servants they don't know, needn't be surprised if they wake up some morning and find their throats cut.

Love is like the measles, all the worse when it comes late.

having considerable mind, changing it became almost as ponderous an operation as moving a barn, although not nearly so stable.

I had a vision ... of being found on the pavement by some passerby, with a small punctuation mark ending my sentence of life.

Every crucial experience can be regarded either as a setback, or the start of a wonderful new adventure, it depends on your perspective!

when knowledge comes in at the door, fear and superstition fly out of the window.

The mystery story is two stories in one: the story of what happened and the story of what appeared to happen.

Conflict is the very essence of life.

I make no claims. I have set down the facts

All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife.

Brains are no good if you don't use them.

Here's how you get Hollywood in Positano: You need a nail salon and a yogurt place.

I only write music for myself, I don't try and appeal to anyone else.

I found that you don't have to do drugs to have a great time. Music is a great drug on its own.

If you are succesfull for 20 years, you can't expect to stay on the same level all through that period. A career has its ups and downs and in-betweens.

Silence is the safest response for all the contradiction that arises from impertinence, vulgarity, or envy.

They that die by famine die by inches.

Throwing people out of a game is like learning to ride a bicycle--once you get the hang of it, it can be a lot of fun.