"Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one."

"The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the former fears lest he be despised, the latter lest he be plundered."

"If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty."

"What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible."

"For me, the best times are always going to be the most intense, the ones with the highest highs and the lowest lows."

"Wisdom principle 46 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 55."

"In fact, in lyric poetry, truthfulness becomes recognizable as a ring of truth within the medium itself."

"I mean, the competition is really created by the buzz around the Emmys. It's a totally subjective thing."