"Life is a series of surprises, and I'm always surprised by how much I'm surprised."

"The function of the artist is to make people like life better than they have before."

"True love can be defined as the love of a good woman and a good cigar."

"If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot."

"A sane person to an insane society must appear insane."