A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.
If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; If you would know, and not be known, live in a city.
Summer afternoon - Summer afternoon... the two most beautiful words in the English language.
A tactical retreat is not a bad response to a surprise assault, you know. First you survive. Then you choose your own ground. Then you counterattack.
If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.
For me, it's that I contributed, ... That I'm on this planet doing some good and making people happy. That's to me the most important thing, that my hour of television is positive and upbeat and an antidote for all the negative stuff going on in life.