Why does life need evidence of life?

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.

The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.

My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder why feminism had become a dirty word.

Meditation is a journey from negative-mindset to positive-mindset. It is a means to stay positive and radiate positive energy.

A dream is only impossible if you allow your thoughts and beliefs to convince you to believe so

I am Envy...I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned.

If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it at all. And if you do have to say it, make it really funny so I can screenshot it and save it for later.

People elect the President for reasons that have nothing to do with his ability to be president.

My stomach lurched, an appetizer before the full portion of heartache I had a feeling was going to be served at some point soon.

In the hands of an able cook, fish can become an inexhaustible source of perpetual delight.

When a new writer comes onto a project, he'll make wholesale changes just to mark the territory or for greater credit.

I am a great believer in variations on the routine.

England is so defined, the class system, your education. I think what was unique about the Canterbury scene.