Beauty is not the flawless perfection of youth, but the fine lines, scars, and wisdom which only living can give you.

When all you have is the darkness of hate, kindness is a beacon that burns bright.

That little girl was dead and in her place stood a cold-blooded killer.

I’m not in the torturing business, but I am in the monster-killing business.

Your dad and I have been talking.”“You need to stop that. The marriage will last longer.

Inner peace is a quiet evening moonlight walk in the soft falling snow of our minds

Press passes can't be that hard to come by if the White House allows that old Arab Helen Thomas to sit within yards of the President.

I don't want to play out of another man's bag.

Choose the positive. You have choice, you are master of your attitude, choose the positive, the constructive. Optimism is a faith that leads to success.

When you write for very young children what they want is something familiar and safe and stereotyped.

Crime is the soul of lust. What would pleasure be if it were not accompanied by crime? It is not the object of debauchery that excites us, rather the idea of evil.

California is now close to spending more on prisons than it does on higher education - surely the death warrant of a civilization.

Cooking has always brought me a happiness that I didn't think was available. I just fire up the stove, and things start to fade away.

Passion and strife bow down the mind