Every man alive is half idiot & half hero. Only heroes could survive in this maelstrom & only idiots would want to.

[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.

The only thing I want is something I can't have; and that is to know if, 100 years from now, people will still buy my books.

I have a strong moral sense - by my standards.

Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.

Measure your minds height by the shadow it casts.

Being broke is not a disgrace, it is only a catastrophe.

Every Sherlock Holmes story has at least one marvelous scene.

Sarcasm is not the rapier of wit its wielders seem to believe it to be, but merely a club: it may, by dint of brute force, occasionally raise bruises, but it never cuts or pierces.

The more you put in your brain, the more it will hold - if you have one.

I don't approve of open fires. You can't think, or talk or even make love in front of a fireplace. All you can do is stare at it.

It’s degrading being routinely subjected to a battery of medical tests to ensure I continue to deserve a place in this new world.

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves

She was the one who wanted to be with him, the one who watched and waited for him, who felt his absence badly.

It was gross enough for fast food restaurants to ban, but apparently our government wants so-called pink slime to be a staple in your kids' lunches.

"The most powerful single idea in mathematics is the notion of a variable."

I like my work to stand on its own as much as possible.

I love directing; it felt right to me when I did 'Flying Lessons'. It's something I will do again. Really, you can always be working and developing. That's something that's kind of ever constant.

Not everything will go as you expect in your life. This is why you need to drop expectations, and go with the flow of life.

I will leave an impression.

You never know what could be interesting tomorrow.