Archives - October 2005

I used to wake up at 4 A.M. and start sneezing, sometimes for five hours. I tried to find out what sort of allergy I had but finally came to the conclusion that it must be an allergy to consciousness.

In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.

Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.

You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jelly beans.

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.

In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

In all parts of the Old World, as well as of the New, it was evident that Columbus had kindled a fire in every mariner's heart. That fire was the harbinger of a new era, for it was not to be extinguished.

All you have in comedy, in general, is just going with your instincts. You can only hope that other people think that what you think is funny is funny. I don't have an answer but I just try to plough straight ahead.

Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia.

Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.

A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.

Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.

That is the best --- to laugh with someone because you think the same things are funny.

Say goodbye to the oldies, but goodies, because the good old days weren't always good and tomorrow aint as bad as it seems.

Those who do not know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either.

When one finds oneself in a hole of one's own making, it is a good time to examine the quality of the workmanship.

I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.

You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love; the running across fields into your lover's arms can only come later when you're sure they won't laugh if you trip.

There are no days in life so memorable as those which vibrated to some stroke of the imagination.

I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you an education.

Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough --- that we should try again.

To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend.

Live out of your imagination, not your history.

Much unhappiness has come into this world because of things left unsaid.

Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.

I'll bet living in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of Halloween.