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" A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all. "

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" Cats and dogs believe politicians are like cemetery caregivers; they are on top of everyone, but nobody listens. "

" No animal on the face of the earth could conceive of taxation. You and I work roughly six months a year to pay our local, state and federal taxes. If nothing else, this should convince you that animals are smarter than people. "

" Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment. "

" There are very few people who are creative and imaginative. Therefore, fiction is difficult for people to embrace. "

" Virginia Woolf said that writers must be androgynous. I'll go a step further. You must be bisexual. "

" Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television. "

" I earned two Emmy nominations for writing, and two of the shows I had written were nominated for best in their category. "

" Normal is the average of deviance. "

" You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it. "

" Intuition is a suspension of logic due to impatience. "

" You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners. "

" As a woman, I find it very embarrassing to be in a meeting and realize I'm the only one in the room with balls. "

" Writers will happen in the best of families. "

" I don't think you can ever assess your work. I don't think Turgenev could assess his any more than I can assess mine, and his didn't have a social impact as much as great literary impact. "

" Hollywood called just as I crested thirty. My novels did not and still do not interest them, but my writing ability did. "

" The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you. "

" Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful. "

" I've met many irresponsible people in my life but never an irresponsible cat. "

" I believe you are your work. Don't trade the stuff of your life, time, for nothing more than dollars. That's a rotten bargain. "

" Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television. "

" I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it. "

" The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself. "

" All creatures tread across the rubble of ruined civilizations. The trick is to keep moving. No animal ever goes about dispensing shallow compassion. "

" Life is too short to be miserable. "

Life Is Too Short

" There hasn't been a day in my life since I started Latin in ninth grade that I haven't benefited by the lives of the ancients. "

" Morals are private. Decency is public. "

" I think the reason I choose the comic approach so often is because it's harder, therefore affording me the opportunity to show off. "

" I became a lesbian because of women, because women are beautiful, strong, and compassionate. "

" About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all. "

" One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory. "