A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.
A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one.
A woman who will tell her age will tell anything.
About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.
Adjectives are the curse of America.
All decisions are based on insufficient evidence.
Anyone of my generation who trusts government probably has an I.Q. that would make a good golf score.
Armies are dependent on youthful male ignorance.
Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.
Blood's just something old people talk about to make you feel bad.
Confession is not necessarily communication.
Divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash.
Education is a wonderful thing. If you couldn't sign your name you'd have to pay cash.
Familiarity breeds consent.
Gambling operates under the premise that greed can be satisfied by luck.
Golf is an expensive way to make yourself miserable.
Guilt is a Jewish invention improved upon by Christians for the last two thousand years.
Happiness is pretty simple: someone to love, something to do, something to look forward to.
Humor comes from self-confidence.
I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.
I think the secret of life is there is no secret.
I think you can judge the level of success for any group of people by the reaction against it.
I've met many irresponsible people in my life but never an irresponsible cat.
If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done.
If Michelangelo had been a heterosexual, the Sistine Chapel would have been painted basic white and with a roller.
If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.
If you can't raise consciousness, at least raise hell.
If you're afraid to die, you're afraid to live. You can't have one without the other.
In America sex is an obsession. In Europe it's a fact of life.
In America the word revolutionary is used to sell pantyhose.
In sports, as in love, one can never pretend.
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.
Intuition is a suspension of logic due to impatience.
It's an act of faith to be a writer in a postliterate world.
Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.
Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.
Life is too short to be miserable.
Life is unjust, people can be cruel, and yet if you harden your heart, you will lose what little love there is in this world.
Morals are private. Decency is public.
Never hope for it more than you work for it.
Normal is the average of deviance.
Nothing is unnatural- just untried.
Novelty is not necessarily a virtue.
One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.
Oppression works in such a way that it holds every person responsible for the acts of any wrongdoer of the oppressed group.
Pain isn't always the enemy.
People aren't grapes- you can't weigh them in a bunch, but I guess it's easier than dealing with people as individuals.
Piety is like garlic: a little goes a long way.
Possession of a secret is no guarantee of its truth.
So much of life is happenstance. It makes me laugh when I go to a bookstore and see all those titles about controlling your life. You're lucky if you can control your bladder.
So often the truth is told with hate, and lies are told with love.
Some people live life and others talk about it.
Sorrow is how we learn to love. Your heart isn't breaking. It hurts because it's getting larger. The larger it gets, the more love it holds.
The price of dishonesty is self-destruction.
The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself.
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.
Today we live in a society suffering from ethical rickets.
Trust your instincts, and never hope more than you work.
Whoever said progress was a positive thing has never been to Florida or California.
Writers will happen in the best of families.
You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.
You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If somebody drives it off a cliff, that's it.
You're nothing in America if you don't have debt.
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