A dead man is the best fall guy in the world. He never talks back.

When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it stays split.

Down these mean streets a man must go who is neither tarnished nor afraid

He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.

Some are able and humane men and some are low-grade individuals with the morals of a goat, the artistic integrity of a slot machine, and the manners of a floorwalker with delusions of grandeur.

It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.

There are two kinds of truth; The truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The fist of these is science and the second is art.

It seemed like a nice neighborhood to have bad habits in.

The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of that little out and still preserve an effect of leisure and natural movement

At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable.

Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.

Success comes from developing a strong inner character

I said to God you are lucky, you can create exalted mother, God replied you are luckier than me because you have mother

Keep integrity and your work ethics intact. So what if that means working a little harder an honorable character is your best calling card and that's something anyone can have!

My awesome career has been nothing but chaos. Whatever comes toward me feels like the right thing to do in the moment and that's great.

Hannah leaned against the wall. "Mind if I call shotgun?" Since you're carrying one? Feel free.

I have always been a huge believer in the inestimable value good mentoring can contribute to any nascent business

Dream Big. Start small. Act now.

If we estimate dignity by immediate usefulness, agriculture is undoubtedly the first and noblest science.

The saddest illusion of the revolutionary is that revolution itself will transform the nature of human beings.

I guess my claustrophobia is incurable - feeling, as I tend to, ill at ease in any closed room, and always tempted to find out what is on the other side of the door.