“You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.”

“My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.”

“Here's my advice to you: don't marry until you can tell yourself that you've done all you could, and until you've stopped loving the women you've chosen, until you see her clearly, otherwise you'll be cruelly and irremediably mistaken. Marry when you're old and good for nothing...Otherwise all that's good and lofty in you will be lost.”

“The chief thing is desire. You've really got to want to do it, you've really got to want to tell that story. And you have to be able to set goals for yourself to get it done.”

“If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten. ”

“I know how difficult it can be when the image you've had of something doesn't match its reality; when the friend beside you turns into a monster.”