One day you are an apprentice, and everybody's pet; the next, you are coldly expected to deliver. There is never sufficient warning that the second day is coming.

A perfect marriage is one in which "I'm sorry" is said just often enough.

Don't fool yourself that important things can be put off till tomorrow; they can be put off forever, or not at all

Theatre audiences can't be made to think and cry: at best, they can be made to think and laugh, or to feel and cry.

Courage doesn't know what's around the corner, but goes around it anyway.

Each day, the American housewife turns toward television as toward a lover. She feels guilty about it, and well she might, for he's covered with warts and is only after her money.

The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.