When success happens to an English writer, he acquires a new typewriter. When success happens to an American writer, he acquires a new life.

Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn.

Religious belief is without reason and without dignity, and its record is near-universally dreadful.

Probably human cruelty is fixed and eternal. Only styles change.

My life looked good on paper - where, in fact, almost all of it was being lived.

When the past is forgotten, the present is unforgettable

Closure is a greasy little word which, moreover, describes a nonexistent condition. The truth, Venus, is that nobody gets over anything.

Perhaps there are other bits of my life that would take on content, take on shadow, if only I read more and thought less about money.

When you’ve lost all your play, guess what love becomes. Work. Work that gets harder every hour.

Love is blind; but it makes you see the blind man; teetering on the roadside . . .

Every 10 years you're a different person, and the really great books evolve with you as you get older. They're full of new rewards.

Lord of lords!

Adults are locked into car payments and divorces and work. They haven't got time to think fresh.

A great coach can lead you to a place where you don't need him any more.

I do not need help destroying my relationship. I was raised by my father. I've completed a thirty-year seminar on the power of destroying relationships.

We can choose our family. We can't choose our relatives.

To see truth as truth, we don't need a lot of study. It's not complicated. What we need is pure observation. An open mind and fresh eyes will serve us well.

I think I've seen the first 'RoboCop' like 15 or 20 times. I'm like a kid that way.

During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee to sing God Bless America before the speeches.

Stars which stand as thick as dewdrops on the field of heaven.

We are not forced into unpleasant activities. We either allow them to come about or we encourage them to come about.