The father of a daughter is nothing but a high-class hostage. A father turns a stony face to his sons, berates them, shakes his antlers, paws the ground, snorts, runs them off into the underbrush, but when his daughter puts her arm over his shoulder and says, 'Daddy, I need to ask you something,' he is a pat of butter in a hot frying pan.

It is a sin to believe evil of others but it is seldom a mistake.

When you come to expect humor of people, you will never get it.

Evelyn was an insomniac so when they say she died in her sleep, you have to question that.

You'd learn more about the world by lying on the couch and drinking gin out of a bottle than by watching the news.

We'd all be alot happier if we'd stop assuming we're supposed to be happy.

We come from people who brought us up to believe that life is a struggle, and if you should feel really happy, be patient: this will pass.