And in this moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came.

Everybody has to feel superior to somebody," she said. "But it's customary to present a little proof before you take the privilege.

Really being friends is the most important part, I think, of any relationship.

I've lived a lot in communist countries and they're intensely interested in money. I think they are more interested in money than capitalists are. They're the most materialistic people in the world. What they're actually living for is material things. The irony of that is that in communist countries there isn't anything to buy.

Well, I'm about as tall as a shotgun, and just as noisy.

Most people who become suddenly famous overnight will find that they lose practically eighty percent of their friends. Your old friends just can't stand it for some reason.

You don't understand. You've never hated anybody. No, I never have. We're allotted just so much time on earth, and I wouldn't want the Lord to see me wasting mine in any such manner.