To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer. Not to love is to suffer.

And in all of Babylonia there was wailing and gnashing of teeth, 'til the prophets bade the multitudes get a grip on themselves and shape up.

The only thing standing between me and greatness is me.

I don't like theatrical actors and actresses. I like people that talk like real human beings.

There is no justice, there is no rational structure to it [life]. That is just the way it is, and each person figures out some way to cope.

I think crime pays. The hours are good, you travel a lot

The whole thrust of science and the medical profession is to try and prevent it from happening, to try to prolong life, to keep you from dying, to keep you from getting older, to rejuvenate you. I mean, that's everybody's wish. The fountain of youth is everybody's sought-after thing.