Life is extremely complicated.

The easiest thing in the world is to convince yourself that you're right. As one grows old, it is easier still.

The cruelest thing you can do to a person who's living in panic is to offer him or her hope that turns out false. When the crash comes its intolerable.

It was important to keep moving. Certain struggles continued. Others had to be brought to a close. The wisdom was in deciding which.

I see things and I hear things I do not understand. I'm a skilled, resourceful... vegetable!

I mean, we're all trying to find out who the hell we are, aren't we?

It doesn't bother me. Sure, everybody wants approval, but I came from the theatre and I've always treasured a remark from there which goes: 'For every six people who love you, there will be half a dozen who loathe you.' The quality of an author's work is not usually determined until after his death. Even Dickens got some pretty bad reviews.