Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into three reigns: James I, James II, and the Old Pretender

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success.

Any stigma, as the old saying is, will serve to beat a dogma.

History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other.

Success is little more than a chemical compound of man with moment.

The detective story is the normal recreation of noble minds.

People who jump to conclusions rarely alight on them.

Biography is a very definite region bounded on the north by history, on the south by fiction, on the east by obituary, and on the west by tedium.

The Crimean War is one of the bad jokes of history.

The preface is the most important part of a book. Even reviewers read a preface.

World Class leaders know the secret to motivating themselves and others is discovering what they will fight for when the going gets rough.

Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

The outcome of fear is disappointment and shyness is frustration.

I will take back Kashmir, all of it, and I will not leave behind a single inch of it because, like the other provinces, it belongs to Pakistan.

Certainly, because the computer and computer language was still not as common as it is today. That's one of the reasons I believe Tron wasn't as popular back then as it is today.

One of America's strengths has always been its openness to the new: both new ideas and new people.

Language changes and moves in a different direction evolving all the time. Where a lot of people see deterioration, I see expressive development

I never know where I'm headed when I'm working on a book.

[On the Netherlands:] There is not a richer or more carefully tilled garden spot in the whole world than this leaky, springy little country.

Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.