Don Quixote — I read that every year, as some do the Bible.

The quality an artist must have is objectivity in judging his work, plus the honesty and courage not to kid himself about it.

The clock tick-tocked, solemn and profound. It might have been the dry pulse of the decaying house itself, after a while it whirred and cleared its throat and struck six times.

Riches is nothing in the face of the Lord, for He can see into the heart.

To me, all human behavior is unpredictable and, considering man's frailty... and... the ramshackle universe he functions in, it's... all irrational.

I say money has no value; it's just the way you spend it.

When I have one martini, I feel bigger, wiser, taller. When I have a second, I feel superlative. When I have more, there's no holding me.