Webs of deceit were not only tangled, they were also very lonely.

A woman could be as beautiful as she felt herself to be.

How much time do I get in exchange for that rose?”For the rose, a short engagement. For the speech, you get a lifetime.”I can live with that, ” he said, and kissed her.

We’re your friends. Our job is to tease you mercilessly about your foibles, rag you about your upright, honorable nature, and point out to you when you’re being a complete dolt.

Pardon me for not being willing to commit my entire future to you based on two kisses and a blueberry muffin.

No, she was just a woman. And that meant she could feel, she could need, she could give and she could receive.

Shakespeare's Iago could be played as a soul in hell, driven, dark and desperate, willing to do anything, willing to use anyone, in order to escape from that hell.

When people walk away from you, let them go. Your destiny is never tied to anyone who leaves you, and it doesn't mean they are bad people. It just means that their part in your story is over.

Adversity kills fearful people just by showing them its weapons. As to whether that weapon is fatal or fake, they don't care to know before they surrender!

I was raised by a mother who told me I was great every day of my life.

If you first gain power to check your words, you will then begin to have power to check your judgment, and at length actually gain power to check your thoughts and reflections.

I want to avoid people, because there’s only one thing worse than being homeless, and that’s people who are not, knowing that you are.

Whatever your advice, make it brief.

I have said this many times in the past and will say it many times in the future I am sure: some people need to find a different hobby.

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple.

I just wanted to be a good comic and had no sense of show business, but at some point you want the opportunity to write a show about your life.

If I am Sophocles, I am not mad; and if I am mad, I am not Sophocles.