533 Quotes by Mignon McLaughlin

Nobody knows the trouble we've seen-but we keep trying to tell them.

In the theater, as in life, we prefer a villain with a sense of humor to a hero without one.

Confession is good for the conscience, but it usually bypasses the soul.

Creative work is one of life's greatest pleasures, and the only one we will gladly interrupt.

Self-confidence grows on trees, in other people's orchards.

The neurotic thinks himself both Hamlet and Claudius, in a world that belongs to Polonius.

Tough and funny and a little bit kind: that is as near to perfection as a human being can be.

What we love about love is the fever, which marriage puts to bed and cures.

To talk easily with people, you must firmly believe that either you or they are interesting. And even then it's not easy.