"What are the three words guaranteed to humiliate men everywhere? 'Hold my purse.'"
"Why are our days numbered and not, say lettered?"
"Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
"If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith."
"However, never daunted, I will cope with adversity in my traditional manner ... sulking and nausea."
"I was part of that strange race of people aptly described as spending their lives doing things they detest to make money they don't want to buy things they don't need to impress people they dislike."
"Most people think life sucks, and then you die. Not me. I beg to differ.
"The mark of a good party is that you wake up the next morning wanting to change your name and start a new life in a different city."
"Esquire"
"I should like to be a horse."
when asked about her ambitions as a child.
History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always feels uncomfortable.
US Writer "No Easy Victories"
"When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it."