“I was learning that among friends, a smile can be better than a belly laugh.”

“A dead body is much more fascinating than a live one, and I have learned that most corpses tell better stories.”

“I have no fear of the dead. Indeed in my own limited experience I have found them to produce in me a feeling that is quite the opposite of fear. A dead body is much more fascinating than a live one and I have learned that most corpses tell better stories. I’d had the good fortune of seeing several of them in my time.”

“My head was spinning. I could think of nothing better to calm it down than the Oxford English Dictionary.”

“Experience has taught me that an expected answer is often better than the truth.”

“I realized at once that a great actress can never be greater than when she's starring in her own life.”

“I gave her a partial smile and kept the rest of it for myself...”