The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination but the combination is locked up in the safe.

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.

If a picture paints a thousand words, then a let a picture inspire a thousand words.

The choices in the now are the choices of all your tomorrows combined

People do make judgments of trust on appearance - in the real world and online.

Relaxation: In. Every. Pose. There. Should. Be. Repose.

Hare Krishna, Peace and Love

If you're comfortable with someone, you feel creatively free. Whether it's a comedic scene or a dramatic one, you don't feel self-conscious because you feel safe with the people that you're around.

I think everybody should study ants. They have an amazing four-part philosophy. Never give up, look ahead, stay positive and do all you can.

I have the feeling of this completely alternative person I should have become. There was another life that I might have had, but I’m having this one.

We must Think what we Say, and Mean what we Profess.

Every day is a new opportunity to reach that goal.