All field sports people are doing is turning an inevitable necessity into a pleasure. If the animal is going to be killed anyway, why not take pleasure in it?

Bankruptcy is like losing your virginity. It doesn't hurt the next time.

Man has survived and prospered for more than 150,000 years on this planet without the help of use-by dates.

Most writers need to write. I write for money, really. If I won the lottery, I would never write another word. I would rather read.

By the middle of Henry VIII's reign, the white meats — that is, dairy products — were considered common fare and people from all classes would eat meat whenever they could get it.

Far be it from me to keep a woman from her book. That could become dangerous.

Right, he can kill the dead. What happens when he realizes we're training him to kill the living?

There is no smooth road into the future: but we go round, or scramble over the obstacles.

The draft is a crapshoot, so I've been very fortunate to be drafted by the Yankees, and to have spent my whole career here.

The managerial class has forced on us a public language that makes no sense

I really don't think I could consent to go to Heaven if I thought there were no animals there.

Malala Day is not my day. It is the day of every girl and every boy. It is a day when we come together to raise our voices, so that those without a voice can be heard.

You could say that my life's a mess. But, I'm still looking pretty in this dress.

If there is something magic about the collaborations I have with actors it's because I put the character first.

Courage is of the heart by derivation, And great it is. But fear is of the soul.