Boyhood, like measles, is one of those complaints which a man should catch young and have done with, for when it comes in middle life it is apt to be serious.

The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.

Am not a politician to worry about my post, Am not a employee to worry about my designation, Am not a businessman to worry about market, Am a common man

We the people have the strength to bring our country from our weak-kneed stumbling gait in the last ranks of reason to the leadership of the great march to environmental victory.

I always loved the verve and vivacity of pulp and I kind of merged it with my own interest in family stories.

What could be worse than having to be seen resorting to your own life.

Music is the language of the soul; and for two people of different nations or races to unite, there is no better means than music

Windows work two ways, mirrors one way. You never walk through mirrors or swim through windows.

Linda Tripp has shown that a true friend is an archivist, a biographer.

To absent friends, lost loves, old gods, and the season of mists; and may each and every one of us always give the devil his due.

Every novel is an equal collaboration between the writer and the reader and it is the only place in the world where two strangers can meet on terms of absolute intimacy.

I've got it made. I've got a wife and a TV set - and they're both working.