All Quotes

I worked in script development, many years ago, and read a lot of scripts. Between that and the scripts I've read as an actor, and I'm a writer as well, I think I have a pretty good sense about whether the bones of a story are there and whether the structure is intact. ”

An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her preparations for viewing were awesome. ”

As she sallied forth from her boudoir, you would never have guessed how quickly she could strip for action. ”

I wondered vaguely if this was when it would end, whether I would pull up tonight's darkness like a quilt and be dead and at peace evermore. ”

Men do not fight for flag or country, for the Marine Corps or glory or any other abstraction. They fight for one another. And if you came through this ordeal, you would age with dignity. ”

I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses. ”

Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman. ”

Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you. ”

The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. ”

What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy's tip? How the kindness is recalled by the recipient in after days! It blesses him that gives and him that takes. ”