“Besides what endless brawls by wives are bred,The curtain lecture makes a mournful bed.”

“Fate would have no divinity if we were wise: it is we who make her a goddess and place her in heaven.”

“Must this with farce and folly rack myhead unpunish'd ? that with sing-song,Whine me dead?”

“A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.”

“All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.”

“I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.”

“And if I'm guilty of having gratuitous sex, then I'm also guilty of having gratuitous violence, and gratuitous feasting, and gratuitous description of clothes, and gratuitous heraldry, because very...”

“Creative work is often driven by pain. It may be that if you don't have something in the back of your head driving you nuts, you may not do anything. It's not a good arrangement. If I were God, I w...”

“The calling of an author is more than just to entertain, but also to share ones experiences with the world.”