For David Parker and Daniel Parker, with the respect and admiration of their father, who grew up with them.

Sure, I have advice for people starting to write. Don't. I don't need the competition.

Writer's block? I've never heard of a plumber complain about plumber's block.

Very few of my books are about who stole the Maltese Falcon

Coincidence exists, but believing in it never did me any good.

The key to growing up well, is being tough enough.

I write five pages a day. If you would read five pages a day, we'd stay right even.

I really don't know what I am going to do in terms of what a book is going to be about until I actually start writing it!

I think at this stage in my life I have learned that there are any number of things that men will never know, and can never hope to know, about women.

You do the best you can and you deal with the consequences. It's all there is.

Well, you give me too much credit for foresight and planning. I haven't got a clue what the hell I'm doing.

LEGACY plays an important role in defining a good leader at any age.

Writing is about truth, whether it be fiction or a school essay. Don't give in and 'fake it till you make it.' Criticize what upsets you.

The weak makes excuses, the strong makes changes.

Heisenberg, Max Plank and Einstein, they all agreed that science could not solve the mystery of the universe.

There are tribes all over the world who sing and dance every day as part of their lives. And we oughta do that.

The constancy of sages is nothing but the art of locking up their agitation in their hearts.

Providence has done, and I am persuaded is disposed to do, a great deal for us; but we are not to forget the fable of Jupiter and the countryman.

I wear tweed jackets and button-down shirts. I am a 1955 graduate of Harvard University who drives a 1968 Mercedes.

The books the Holy Spirit is writing are living, and every soul a volume in which the divine author makes a true revelation of his word, explaining it to every heart, unfolding it in every moment.

You like every one; that is to say, you are indifferent to every one.