Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really important, others not; and that the two kinds are most oddly jumbled in everyday affairs. Use this quote
There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage. Use this quote
Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival. Use this quote
I think the secret to happiness is having a Teflon soul. Whatever comes your way, you either let it slide or you cook with it. Use this quote
Mark Twain was a great traveler and he wrote three or four great travel books. I wouldn't say that I'm a travel novelist but rather a novelist who travels - and who uses travel as a background for finding stories of places. Use this quote
If it wasn't for my drama teacher, I wouldn't be here right now. Use this quote
I've never been very successful in a monogamous relationship, but I'm looking forward to the day when I can assume that responsibility. Use this quote
Our experience is composed rather of illusions that of wisdom acquired. Use this quote
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. Use this quote
When the courts decide that murderers, rapists, and others who maliciously break our social contract deserve health care that most working Americans can't afford, they are condemning good people to death. Use this quote
I was so lucky to walk away with two Super Bowls and know that the last year was positive. Use this quote
What a blind person needs is not a teacher but another self. Use this quote
He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better title to Defender of the Faith, than George the Third. Use this quote
In my opinion MS is a lot better at making money than it is at making good operating systems. Use this quote
It is not known precisely where angels dwell whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God's pleasure that we should be informed of their abode. Use this quote
Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else. Use this quote
My mother listened to all the news from the camp during the strike. She said little, especially when my father or the men who worked for him were about I remember her instinctive and unhesitating sympathy for the miners. Use this quote
Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth. Use this quote
Every film is a crapshoot. It's a mystery when a movie comes together. I've never been able to figure it out. I don't know how I make my choices. The only thing you can do is know there's something about a character that you really want to experience. Use this quote
Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for. Use this quote
