I do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don't like to read.

When emotion supersedes reason ... gullibility must follow.

No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.

Dogs can be made to feel guilty about anything, including the sins of their owners. Cats refuse to take the blame for anything - including their own sins.

there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.

The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.

I knew the answer, and--of course--so did Ramses. He has superb breath control and always gets in ahead of me.

Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.

A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.

Cats always made up to the people who hated them the most. Depending on how you chose to look at it, it was a touching manifestation of trust, or a malicious pleasure in human discomfort.

Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.

The difference between political terror and ordinary crime becomes clear during the change of regimes, in which former terrorists become well-regarded representatives of their country.

It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.

The world was not made for any one species.

Talent may get someone off the starting blocks faster, but without a sense of direction or a goal to strive for, it won't count for much

Contentment is for cows; a challenging purpose is for people.

Science is but an image of the truth.

When I am writing a novel I try not to read great prose stylists into which I will fall.

They'd rather hate you for the truth than love you for the lies.

Through sports a coach can offer a boy a secret way to sneak up on the mystery that is manhood.

Of earth's goods, the best is a good wife; a bad, the bitterest curse of human life.