Crimes and Misdemeanors
“They don’t pay off on high aspirations. You’ve got to deliver.”
“Comedy is tragedy plus time.”
“When we fall in love, we are seeking to re-find all or some of the people to whom you were attached as children. On the other hand, we ask our beloved to correct all the wrongs that these early parents or siblings inflicted on us. So, love contains in it the contradiction, the attempts to return to the past and the attempt to undo the past.”
“My ex-husband and I fell in love at first sight. Maybe I should have taken a second look.”
“It’s called wisdom. It comes to us suddenly. We realize the difference between what’s real and deep and lasting versus the superficial payoff of the moment.”
“The last time I was inside a woman was when I visited the Statue of Liberty.”
“Most human beings seem to have the ability to keep trying and even try to find joy from simple things like their family, their work, and from the hope that future generations might understand more.”
“Sometimes to have a little good luck is the most brilliant planning.”
“Events unfold so unpredictably, so unfairly. Human happiness does not seem to be included in the design of creation. It is only we, with our capacity to love, that give meaning to the indifferent universe.”
“Show business is dog-eat-dog. It’s worse than dog-eat-dog, it’s dog-doesn’t-return-other-dog’s-phone-calls.”