“God save us always,’ I said ‘from the innocent and the good.”

We forget very easily what gives us pain.

He was impregnably armored by his good intentions and his ignorance.

The next best thing to talking to her is talking about her.

For an artist to think in terms of success is like a priest trying to think in terms of success.

Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt.

I can’t talk you in terms of time –your time and my time are different

I had to touch you with my hands, I had to taste you with my tongue; one can’t love and do nothing.

We never get accustomed to being less important to other people than they are to us.

To be in love is to see yourself as someone else sees you, it is to be in love with the falsified and exalted image of yourself. In love we are incapable of honor – the courageous act is no more than playing a part to an audience of two.

I aim to be content with what I produce. It’s an aim I never achieve, but I go over my work word by word, time and again, so as to be as little dissatisfied as possible.

Innocence is a kind of insanity.

Most things disappoint till you look deeper.

Human nature is not black and white but black and grey.

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector.

People who like quotes love meaningless generalizations.

One has no talent. I have no talent. It’s just a question of working, of being willing to put in the time.

Sometimes God will take things away that we think we need, so we’ll have to depend on Him and not people.

Trust Him with the open doors and trust Him with the closed doors.

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

Good things aren’t supposed to just fall into your lap. God is very generous, but He expects you to do your part first.

In the faces of men and women, I see God.

Silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation.

I do not believe in God and I am not an atheist.

A man with a good wife is the luckiest of God’s creatures.