The writer has to force himself to work. He has to make his own hours and if he doesn't go to his desk at all there is nobody to scold him.
I was reading through endless junk scripts that were being sent my way. Typically the roles were to play his wife or his girlfriend - leading roles for women were few and far between.
The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as he loves his own wife.
And in the end, bin Laden died in a squalid suburban compound surrounded by his wives and children and far from the front lines of his holy war.
The success of a man is through the soles of his feet, that of a woman is from her legs.
When a man says yes, his chi [personal god] says yes also.
A dog in a kennel barks at his fleas -- a hunting dog does not feel them.
A mans greatest shortcoming is that he neglects his own field and weeds that of others.
He who covers up his mistakes intends to make some more.
He who goes his own way does not deserve being received.
He who has a straight body is not worried about his crooked shadow.
He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes.
It is a sad situation for a son-in-law when his mother-in-law praises him.
The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.
Whoever keeps his door locked all the time longs for it to be broken down.
A husband should not talk of pretty girls in front of his wife.
You can hate the dog, but do not tell him that his teeth are dirty.
He who eats cherries with gentlemen risks getting the pips in his nose.
He that wants to keep his house clean must not let priest or pigeon into it.
If the hunter comes back with mushrooms, don't ask him how his hunt was.
The monkey says there is nothing better than poverty to unlearn man of his conceit.
