The act of sex, gratifying as it may be, is God's joke on humanity. It is man's last desperate stand at superintendency.

I wouldn't piss on Joan Crawford if she were on fire.

Success is built on disappointment, and disappointment is inherent in all success.

Temperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference.

Among the reasons marriages fail, sex ranks no higher than fourth, behind money, having only one bathroom, and an inability to communicate, reasons one, two and three.

People stood on their chairs, cheering and waving. And it was all for me! Waves of love flooded the stage and washed over me. I started to cry. The sweetness of such a moment is impossible to describe. One is both lover and beloved. ... I'd found the one true, enduring romance of my life.

It's a rare man who can stand being around an intelligent woman, let alone married to her.