I have a child and I've made a few people happy. That is all.

You can't live without illusions, even if you must fight for them.

Friendship is a precious gift that can't be bought or sold. It's value is greater than mountains made of gold. If you shall ask God for a gift be thankful if he sends not diamonds pearls or riches but the love and trust of friends. It is the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.

To lose your prejudices you must travel.

He [Ernest Hemingway] is gentle, as all real men are gentle; without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.

In language gender is particularly confusing. Why, please, should a table be male in German, female in French, and castrated in English?

[On Las Vegas:] I love that town. No clocks. No locks. No restrictions.