"Giving is the vital impulse and moral center of capitalism."

“I've always tried to kind of stretch my wings as an actor and do things that are different.”

“Life is a labor pain; we are here to give birth to ourself.”

“Whatever a man thinks about sex, you can be sure that he thinks about sex almost constantly.”

Source : Joyce Brothers (1985). “What Evry Wom Know Men”, Ballantine Books

“When a man can look upon the simple wild-rose, and feel no pleasure, his taste has been corrupted.”

“The (Academy Award) ceremonies are a two-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense for economic reasons.”

Source : "Oscar no-shows: 9 Hollywood stars who snubbed the Academy Awards" by Gina Vivinetto, www.today.com. February 21, 2017.

“The imagination needs moodling,--long, inefficient happy idling, dawdling and puttering.”

Source : Brenda Ueland (2013). “If You Want to Write”, p.23, Simon and Schuster

“I want you to dance naked, if you like, I'll join you.”

“Like most people of my generation, I fell in love with the philosophy of existentialism. There is no particular religious tradition in my work. There is only one psychological assertion that I would insist upon. That is: the SELF takes precedence.”