One's only real regret in life is the failure to act.

Oh God, modern life with all its feelings. ... We live in the most callous society ever, and all anybody talks about nowadays is getting in touch with their feelings. ... The world has become one enormous group therapy session. It's a terrible bore. My motto is, 'Thank you for not sharing!

I don't need an alarm clock, for habit is the best alarm there is.

A violent act pierces the atmosphere, leaving a hole through which the cold, damp draft of its memory blows forever.

The key to life is imagination.

dating is like campaigning: you don't reveal who you really are or what you're really up to until you get elected.

The key to life is imagination. If you don't have that, no mater what you have, it's meaningless. If you do have imagination...you can make feast of straw.