Don't tear up the page and start over again when you write a bad line-try to write your way out of it. Make mistakes and plunge on. Writing is a means of discovery, always.

Don't pour the oil directly into my navel, pour it on my sternum and let it run down into my navel, you ignorant peasant.

Love has the power to rescue us and not let go, otherwise it isn't love

The funniest line in English is 'Get it?' When you say that, everyone chortles.

God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny.

Take care of your friends. Because there will come a time when you'll be no good to anyone, and the only reason for people to talk to you will be sheer habit.

Dogs don't lie and why should I? Strangers come they growl and bark, they know their loved ones in the dark, Now let me, by night or day, Be just as full of truth as they.