I believe that everyone has it in them to kill another person. In desperation, or hatred, or at least to defend themselves.

Impulsive actions led to trouble, and trouble could have unpleasant consequences.

I am a rapist and a sadistic pig,' if you get that tattoo removed I will carve it into your forehead, do you understand?

Always retain the ability to walk away, without sentimentality, from a situation that felt unmanageable. That was a basic rule of survival. Don't lift a finger for a lost cause.

Men who just call to say hello generally have ulterior motives.

Everyone has secrets. It's just a matter of finding out what they are

But if you want to win, you're going to have to fight.

There were not so many physical threats that could not be countered with a decent hammer.

No, I don't believe in God, but I respect the fact that you do. Everyone has to have something to believe in.

I know what kind of things I myself have been irritated by in detective stories. They are often about one or two persons, but they don't describe anything in the society outside.

I'm not going to apologize for the way I've led my life.

The Internet Was Made For Business

Photography is a way of putting distance between myself and the work which sometimes helps me to see more clearly what it is that I have made.

I am not a great fan of the payroll tax holiday because I'm nervous about what it does to the future of Social Security.

Once you've been first, it cannot be done again. Not by you, not by anyone else.

Give. Remember always to give. That is the one thing that will make you grow.

I want, I want, I want! We never grow out of it somehow. Unless we become Buddhists, maybe.

In essence I'm really a very traditional writer. I subscribe to the notion that, ultimately, characters do drive everything else.

Traitors hoist by their own petard?--or victims of the gods?--we shall never know!

This decree is very serious and we will not allow it to pass unopposed. (on Israel offers 10-month West Bank settlement freeze)

Afraid lest he be caught up in a net of words, tripped up, bewildered and so defeated-thrown aside-a man hesitates to write down his innermost convictions.