The two basic stories of all times are Cinderella and Jack the Giant Killer-the charm of women and the courage of men.

Art isn't meaningless... It is in itself. It isn't in that it tries to make life less so.

But I always felt that I'd rather be provincial hot-tamale than soup without seasoning.

I'll drink your champagne. I'll drink every drop of it, I don't care if it kills me.

So they were desperately in love and being desperately in love involves a desperate existence.

There are no second acts in American lives.

Life is progressive, no matter what our intentions.