The real reason Milton went blind was to avoid reading unsolicited manuscripts.
They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.
Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset.
nothing can wear you out like caring about people
You take up for your buddies, no matter what they do. When you're a gang, you stick up for the members. If you don't stick up for them, stick together, make like brothers, it isn't a gang anymore. It's a pack. A snarling, distrustful, bickering park like the Socs in their social clubs or the street gangs in New York or the wolves in the timber.
If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky
I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.
Living here in California, I think one of the scariest things about California is the fact that it is rewriting its script and changing constantly and so many people don't know who they will be and who they will be with a year from now.
Some characters become your friends for life. That's how it was for me with Betsy-Tacy.
I'd hate to be a sex symbol. Because you're always having to live up to an image. I haven't got time to sit around doing my nails.
If you can't manage courtesy, try silence.