“I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them.”

“I have written much less than most people who write; I have drunk much more than most people who drink.”

“Intelligence is so damn rare and the people who have it often have such a bad time with it that they get bitter or propagandistic and then it's not much use.”

“I guess there are a lot of people who don't know the right thing to say. You don't notice them so much because they pretend they do.”

“I’ve noticed in my life that the people who act as my angels are not some strange angelic creatures that seem almost untouchable, but are more real than that. They are people who have tasted sorrow, who have felt pain, and in a way, that makes them capable of being an angel. In their darkest moments they have become strong.”

“Too often the people complain that they have done nothing with theirlives and then they wait for somebody to tell them that this isn't so.”