I couldn't bear to see a chapter of the gospel turned into a chapter of Trollope.

Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself.

I don't give a damn what people think.

A neurotic can perfectly well be a literary genius, but his greatest danger is always that he will not recognize when he is dull.

We were not as rich as the Rockefellers or Mellons, but we were rich enough to know how rich they were.

Only little boys and old men sneer at love.

A man can spend his whole existence never learning the simple lesson that he has only one life and that if he fails to do what he wants with it, nobody else really cares.

The only thing that keeps a man going is energy. And what is energy but liking life?

There is a charm, even for homely things, in perfect maintenance.

Great lovers have made great sacrifices.

Perfection irritates as well as it attracts, in fiction as in life.

I can come off as pretty arrogant, but it's because I know I'm right.

Latin life is rich with warmth, family values and history. I want to bring that beauty into American homes.

There are so many doors to open. I am impatient to begin." --Charlie Gordan

Possibilities ...in the closet ...itching ...to break out ...but afraid of ...the fallout

There is need for a crusade of manliness and purity to counteract and nullify the savage work of those who think man is a beast. And that crusade is your work.

I'm just saying it's not all sand castles and ninjas.

When my boy arrived in this life, on this planet, it was completely a new dimension of experience for me and my wife. I'm still riding on the wave of that experience.

Crime dramas will never go away as long as people turn to television for, among other things, reassurance and comfort.

You follow the same paths of thought as before. Only, they appear strewn with roses.

My advice to teens is to try and do something that scares you every day because it's the only way you can test how far you can really go.