Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector.

Oh, I’m not a Berkeleian. I believe my back’s against this wall. I believe there’s a sten gun over there.

One has no talent. I have no talent. It's just a question of working, of being willing to put in the time.

Childhood was the germ of all mistrust. You were cruelly joked upon and then you cruelly joked. You lost the remembrance of pain through inflicting it.

Indifference and pride look very much alike, and he probably thought I was proud.

The next best thing to talking to her is talking about her.

Success is more dangerous than failure, the ripples break over a wider coastline.