I hate to lend a book I love…it never seems quite the same when it comes back to me…

Gilbert, I'm afraid I'm scandalously in love with you.

But I believe I rather like superstitious people. They lend color to life. Wouldn't it be a rather drab world if everybody was wise and sensible . . . and good? What would we find to talk about?

Good night, belovedest. Your sleep will be sweet if there is any influences in the wishes of your own.

…there was something about her that made you feel it was safe to tell her secrets.

She suddenly found herself laughing without bitterness.

Don't be ridiculous, please.'The most insulting words in the world!

We always hate people who surprise our secrets…

Why should one hate you when you were so small? Could you be worth hating?

…hate's got to be a disease with me.

Isn't it queer that the things we writhe over at night are seldom wicked things? Just humiliating ones.

In order to understand the universal perspective, first you have to know more than a version of truth.

The knife of corruption endangered the life of New York City. The scalpel of the law is making us well again.

Any time you have someone come up and say they love what you do and they get great joy from it is a very humbling experience.

I was crazily, deeply, incredibly, joyously, terrifiedly in love.

A handgun at two hundred feet is the same thing as crossing your fingers and making a wish.

For me, I want to tell stories that will affect my children in a positive way, that they can be proud of me for working on and doing. I want to be alight in the world. There's enough darkness.

Always keep your eye on your opponent, and never let yourself be deceived by ruses.

A critic is a man who creates nothing and thereby feels qualified to judge the work of creative men. There is logic in this; he is unbiased, he hates all creative people equally.

I bought a perfect second car... a tow truck.

Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend, not the man for your banker, though he may do for a traveling companion.