Book burnings. Always the forerunners. Heralds of the stake, the ovens, the mass graves.

A book is more than the sum of its materials. It is an artifact of the human mind and hand.

The flag is a symbol of the fact that man is still a herd animal.

People always say, 'A good man is hard to find.' You've never heard that about women, have you?

Every nation has to either be with us or against us. Those who harbor terrorists or who finance them, uh, are going to pay a price.

I love to bake, especially cupcakes. I'm really good at it.

I'm Catholic. My mother and I were unpacking and she found my diaphragm. I had to tell her it was a bathing cap for my cat.

Love clamors far more incessantly and passionately at a closed gate than an open one!

One of the things that happens in novels it's almost like a continual debate with yourself. That's why you're writing the book. It's why you create characters: so you can argue with yourself.

Loud threats often indicate deep fears

Idealism has devolved into madness.

Yes, my friend, and if you will steal for me then you will steal from me.