Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I’ve had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic attitude. In the final analysis, you have got not to forget to laugh.
You give because you love and cannot help giving.
If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.
You are the only person you can actually change.
If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.
I have no romantic feelings about age. Either you are interesting at any age or you are not. There is nothing particularly interesting about being old – or being young, for that matter.
What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate.
I wear my sort of clothes to save me the trouble of deciding which clothes to wear.
Love fattens on smooth words.
To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.
As one goes through life, one learns that if you don’t paddle your own canoe, you don’t move.
It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack.
If you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm.
If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.
I like to move fast, and wearing high heels was tough, and low heels with a skirt is unattractive. So pants took over.
Once a crowd chased me for an autograph. ‘Beat it, ’ I said, ‘go sit on a tack!’ ‘We made you, ’ they said. ‘Like hell you did, ’ I told them.
You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur.
As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.
Cold sober, I find myself absolutely fascinating.
What in the world would we do without our libraries?