The greatest gift we give to someone who loves us is simply to be happy.

There is in every artist's studio a scrap heap of discarded works in which the artist's discipline prevailed against his imagination.

Through sources, we have obtained the following alien assessment of the human species: The male wants to be valued for what he pretends to be. The female wants to be overvalued for what she truly is.

The experience I gained at age 21 would be useful if I were ever 21 again. But I'm 71 and new at it and keep making age 71 mistakes.

Nothing in life means anything unless someone cares, and the whole trick is to keep being that someone.

Doing one fool thing after another is not so terrible when you consider the human proclivity to do several fool things at once.

What you discover in a democracy is that it is difficult to build a house when each nail has an opinion.