"Be undeniably good."

"The self-prepared dinner is a great time killer for lonely people and as much time should be spent on it as possible."

"Only then does he realize what he has done to Mirabelle, how wanting a square inch of her and not all of her has damaged them both, and how he cannot justify his actions except that, well, it was life."

"Hello. I'm hello, and I'd like to say myself."

"Why sip from a tea cup, when you can drink from the river."

"Somewhere in the world is...The world's worst doctor and he could be yours."

"Or is it that I think too much?"

"I have heard it said that a complicated childhood can lead to a life in the arts. I tell you this story of my father and me to let you know I am qualified to be a comedian."

"A celebrity is any well-known TV or movie star who looks like he spends more than two hours working on his hair."

"I have found that-- just as in real life--imagination sometimes has to stand in for experience."

"A girl who is willing to give every ounce of herself to someone, who could never betray her lover, who never suspects maliciousness of anyone, and whose sexuality sleeps in her, waiting to be stirred."

"Yeah, well, we're all writers, aren't we? He's a writer that hasn't been published, and I'm a writer who hasn't written anything."

"Were they beautiful? We were all beautiful. We were in our twenties."

"You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles are answered in the movies." Steve Martin"

"Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke."

"She tried to get even with him through psychological warfare but couldn't, because he didn't care."

"The operation was a success, but I'm afraid the doctor is dead."

"Through the years, I have learned there is no harm in charging oneself up with delusions between moments of valid inspiration."

"I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper."

"I've got to keep breathing. It'll be my worst business mistake if I don't."

"I understood that as much as I had resisted the outside, as much as I had constricted my life, as much as I had closed and narrowed the channels into me, there were still many takers for the quiet heart."

"The banjo is such a happy instrument--you can't play a sad song on the banjo - it always comes out so cheerful."

"I gave my cat a bath the other day...they love it. He sat there, he enjoyed it, it was fun for me. The fur would stick to my tongue, but other than that..."

"She has learned that her body is precious and it mustn't be offered carelessly ever again, as it holds a direct connection to her heart."