His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.

A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

Where there is no imagination there is no horror.

The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.

Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.

I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.

London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.

When the impossible has been eliminated, all that remains no matter how improbable is possible.

Writing is a solitary business. It’s just you and your characters and a blank page you need to fill.

If you want to win, you must win over your mind.

I ain't never been nothin but a winner.

I love hugging people. If they are happy, I'm happy too.

One cold wintry day in London, I was dreaming about salad nicoise—one of my favorites.

The electric guitar meant that you could have a band with a drummer and a couple of guitars. And that put a lot of horn players out of work.

It's a welcome development that the president is paying attention to the war crimes that are being committed by the Assad regime and by their supporters in Iran and in Russia.

I think frankly when it comes to chaos you ain't seen nothing yet.

If you need to conceal your true nature to get in the door, understand that you'll probably have to conceal your true nature to keep that job.