"Today I met with a subliminal advertising executive for just a second."

"There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot."

"They say the sun never sets over the British Empire, but it rises every morning. The sky must get awfully crowded."

"You know how it is when you go to be the subject of a psychology experiment, and nobody else shows up, and you think maybe that's part of the experiment? I'm like that all the time."

"If you shoot at mimes, should you use a silencer?"

"Curiosity killed the cat, but for awhile I was a suspect."

"Alimony: the ransom the happy pay to the devil."

"Prepare yourself for the world, as the athletes used to do for their exercise; oil your mind and your manners, to give them the necessary suppleness and flexibility; strength alone will not do."

"Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish."

"A novel is not, after all, a historical document, but a way to travel through the human heart."

"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life."

"It's rare that you see an artist in his 30s or 40s able to really contribute something amazing."