I begin each book with a challenge to myself.

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.

It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself.

Everything on this earth belongs to God and therefore the more your dedication draws you closer to him, the more you will draw closer to what God owns

That's half of your trouble, " muttered the crocodile. "You believe everything's true.""That's because everything is, " replied Mr. Bacchus.

I'm not really one for fancy, big words and poetry, and the scriptwriters worked very hard on 'Paradise Lost' to translate it.

You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.

Talk not to me of blasphemy, man; I'd strike the sun if it insulted me.

I still think we are smart enough to not destroy planet Earth, our only home.

Sometimes I don't feel like the person that I'm supposed to be. I don't feel like I deserve any of this.

Social security has enabled people to retire with dignity and overwhelmingly not be in poverty. We have to keep it solvent.

The older I get, the less I am bothered by talk like that. I have total faith in my coach Yohan Blake, total faith.