Adam did not want the apple for the apple's sake; he wanted it because it was forbidden.

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

Never regret anything that made you smile.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret ANYTHING That makes you smile.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.

Good luck is just bad luck with its hair combed.

My advice is keep your lips away from the spinning things.

Strive with all your might to bring your interior activity into accord with God, and you will overcome exterior passions.

When you say that something is impossible, you have made it impossible.

I don't think writing fiction has changed my worldview.

Anyone who loves his opinions more than his teammates will advance his opinions but set back his team.

We will make love an art and we will love like artists.

It'll be nice not to have to use my fake IDs anymore.

Every time one of my books sells a million copies in paperback, Pan Macmillan gives me a gold statuette of Pan. I have about 20 of them.

Writers can write to affirm and to celebrate, or they can write to debunk and destroy; the choice is ours.