Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need to reason elaborately.

Ninety per cent of life is a nightmare, do you think I am going to get it rounded up to hundred per cent?

I would like to explain that I consider prayer above all an act of gratitude for existence.

California is like an artificial limb the rest of the country doesn't really need. You can quote me on that.

Conquered people tend to be witty.

...chaos doesn't run the whole show.

She was what we used to call a suicide blonde - dyed by her own hand.