All my dogs have been scamps and thieves and troublemakers and I've adored them all.

People who refuse to rest honorably on their laurels when they reach retirement age seem very admirable to me.

Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines. For those who play the game, an hour may be a year, a single day's work an achievement for eternity.

Perhaps we have been misguided into taking too much responsibility from our children, leaving them too little room for discovery

The worst constructed play is a Bach fugue when compared to life.

The truth is that there is only one terminal dignity - love. And the story of a love is not important - what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.

All my dogs have been scamps and thieves and troublemakers and I've adored them all.