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

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

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

To say goodbye is to die a little.

Survival is the foundation of endurance

Never go to your high school reunion pregnant or they will think that is all you have done since you graduated.

I had a lot of energy when I was eleven and always liked being in front of a camera.

The stars are golden fruit upon a tree all out of reach.

Chess is a good mistress but a bad master.

Im an ardent Trekkie and I look forward to the United Federation of Planets.

Levin delights in the forgetfulness that movement brings, where the pleasure of doing is marvellously foreign to the striving of the will.

I pretty much always feel gratitude. I thank God throughout the day.

Unholy soldier, disciple of sin, what kind of mind are you living in?

People are people. Don't be afraid of them.