I adore the work of Stephen Sondheim. I like musicales in general. They make surprisingly great running tapes.

There was nothing more dangerous than people convinced of their own good intentions.

Reading was not a fallback position for her but an ideal state of being.

I'm a morning person, which is a hideous thing to be. No one likes morning people, not even other morning people.

Anyone can love a perfect place. Loving Baltimore takes some resilience.

I think I'm part of a generation of crime writers all of whom woke up independently and recoiled with horror at the fact that we'd chosen this very conservative genre.

stinginess seemed instinctive to him. Darwinian even. He hadn't gotten to his current size by sharing.

There's always time to read. Don't trust a writer who doesn't read. It's like eating food prepared by a cook who doesn't eat.

Children can be happy when their parents are miserable. But a parent is never happier than her unhappiest child.

Whatever you want, at any moment, someone else is getting it. Whatever you have, someone else is longing for.

Reporting is pretty vital to me. It keeps me connected to the world. A 40-hour-per-week day job may be less feasible as time goes on.

Discouragement comes to those Christians, who are living and are working hard to fulfill their visions and callings

You can change the world at this moment for better by changing your thoughts and by spreading your love for the world and humanity as a whole.

Things last so much longer than people.

What good are fans? You can't eat applause for breakfast. You can't sleep with it.

War is...a trinity of violence, chance, and reason.

Here in England we live at a slower pace, have more time to enjoy things - like good jazz.

And here's Moses Kiptanui - the 19 year old Kenyan, who turned 20 a few weeks ago.

I've always found credit isn't just something you take - it's something people give you when they see how hard you're working.

I've got a stag weekend coming up and I've said I'm not doing anything more than a few drinks. I won't have it. I'll go home and watch Antiques Roadshow.

How good you and I get at repenting will determine how good life is.