It's love this and love that but of couse it's so easy to love someone you don't know, whether it's George Clooney or Monkey. Staying civil to someone with whom you've ever shared Christmas turkey- now there's a miracle.

I've seen men like you in Doris Day films, but I never thought they existed in real life...The men who can't commit, who can't say 'I love you' even when they want to, who start to cough and sputter and change the subject. But here you are. A living, breathing specimen. Incredible.

Even bad times have good things in them to make you feel alive.

Unhappiness really meant something back then. Now it's just a drag, like a cold or having no money.

Sometimes we have to be judged by our one-offs.

You can wait forever for the muse to sit on your shoulder, but most of the time you know what has to be done and inspiration is not going to help you.

...I feel as though I made a face and the wind changed, and now I have to go through life grimacing in this horrible way.