When he is sick, every man wants his mother.

The book can't compete with the screen. It couldn't compete beginning with the movie screen. It couldn't compete with the television screen and it can't compete with the computer screen I don't think. And now we have all those screens so against all those screens I think the book can't measure up.

There’s no remaking reality... Just take it as it comes. Hold your ground and take it as it comes. There’s no other way.

There's something every woman wants, and that's a man to blame.

'Haunted by the past' is a commonplace phrase because it's a commonplace experience. Even if one is not, strictly speaking, 'haunted', the past is perpetually with one in the present, and the longer it grows and the further it recedes the stronger its presence seems to become.

When the whole world doesn't believe in God, it'll be a great place.

People are unjust to anger - it can be enlivening and a lot of fun.